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Title: Silver Scream : A Bed-and-Breakfast Mystery by Mary Daheim ISBN: 0-380-81563-X Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 29 July, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.64 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Silver Scream
Comment: Filmdom's most sparkling glitterati have brought their limos and their egos to Judith McMonigle Flynn's Hillside Manor for a gala preview of the latest epic monstrosity from genius superproducer Bruno Zepf. Hostess Flynn's Pacific Northwest B&B is a far cry from Hollywood - but then Bruno's cinematic spectacular is a far cry from good. And the great man's entourage - with their swelled heads, their tantrums, their demands, and their illicit habits - surely rank among the most insufferable guests ever to rumple Judith's bed linens." "Bruno hopes his new film is to die for - unfortunately for him, it is. Not long after the lights come up on the less-than-lauded screening, the unfortunate mogul is discovered drowned in the kitchen sink. His demise could have been a bizarre accident caused by a faulty cabinet door that Judith's ex-cop hubby Joe Flynn never got around to repairing. And since the only species in Tinseltown more numerous than Oscar seekers is attorneys, Judith could lose Hillside Manor in a wrongful-death suit. Unless, of course, she can prove it was murder." "But there's a problem: No one on the scene benefits from the producer's fade-to-black. The police are stymied (surprise!), but Judith's livelihood depends upon her finding a killer - any killer will do. And that's the script she intends to follow, with the assistance of "Mr. Don't-Fix-It" Joe and a curiously reluctant cousin Renie, who's got troubles of her own."--
Rating: 5
Summary: delightful and charming cozy
Comment: Judith McMonigle Flynn grew up in Hillside Manor and when her husband died, she moved back home and turned it into a bed and breakfast inn. For over a decade, she put her blood, sweat and tears into the place and in spite of the few murders that took place there, she made it a success. She now has more business than she knows what to do with.
Over the Halloween weekend, she had to turn down some guests because Hollywood producer Bruno Zepf and his entourage are staying there. He is previewing his latest movie and he always stays at a B&B because it brings him luck. Unfortunately, his good Karma runs out this time and Judith finds him drowned in her kitchen sink with the cupboard door above it open. Afraid that she will be sued for negligence because she knew the cupboard door needed to be repaired, she frantically tries to prove that Bruno was murdered.
SILVER SCREAM is a delightful and charming cozy starring a heroine and a support cast that readers will find utterly delightful. The readers really become involved in this mystery, trying to figure out along with the heroine, exactly what happened. The solution is very believable, and even though the author gives a few hints, there is no way that anyone could guess who is responsible for Bruno's death. Mary Daheim's latest mystery is fantastic.
Harriet Klausner
Rating: 4
Summary: One of the Better Entries
Comment: I was starting to get a little tired of this series but this one improved a bit over the last several books; it is particularly better than the last in the series, Suture Self, whose title was the best thing about it.
Judith must play hostess to a bevy of Hollywood names & stars & starlets who are in town to celebrate the premier of a movie that had been filmed in the city. Of course, there is a murder (the producer of the film) or was it murder? There is a chance that it is the result of negligence on the part of the B&B. Of course, it is obvious that it is a murder and, for me, it was obvious from almost the beginning who had done the deed. For that reason I almost rated it 3 instead of 4 stars. But, the interaction between the cousins and their families is fun to read (although Bill, Renie's husband, was silly in his duck outfit for Halloween).
All in all, a pleasant read and I will continue reading the series if she keeps the quality at this level or higher.
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Title: Hocus Croakus : A Bed-and-Breakfast Mystery by Mary Daheim ISBN: 0380978687 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 29 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: September Mourn : A Bed-And-Breakfast Mystery by Mary Daheim ISBN: 0380785188 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: The English Breakfast Murder (Childs, Laura. Tea Shop Mysteries.) by Laura Childs ISBN: 042519129X Publisher: Prime Crime Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Suture Self by Mary Daheim ISBN: 0380815613 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 08 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Chocolate Frog Frame-Up by Joanna Carl ISBN: 0451209850 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: 02 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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