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Title: A Playdate With Death by Ayelet Waldman ISBN: 0-425-19104-4 Publisher: Prime Crime Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (15 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Improving
Comment: Ayelet Waldman improves with each entry in this series. In this episode, Juliet Applebaum's trainer commits suicide...or is it suicide? Juliet feels something amiss and begins delving into his background, including his adopted family, his birth mother, his drug-addicted fiancee.
I enjoy these books because the author does a great job of mixing mystery with day-to-day life without compromising the realism of either. I am glad that she is involving Juliet in the private detective business of her friend Al, because in many series there occurs a disbelief when a "normal" person (one outside the private detective or police world, for example) runs across too many murders.
Looking forward to the next entry.
Rating: 4
Summary: No blood, lots of guts
Comment: I'm an avid mystery reader (PD James, D Sayers, R Hill) and enjoy Waldman's series immensely. Characters come across, even with brief descriptions and the dialogue is full of things I wish I'd have the chutzpah to say myself. I picked up 'Playdate' and didn't put it down until I was done.
As a new mom I relate totally to Juliet Applebaum (what mother wouldn't?!) and I greatly appreciate the lack of blood and gore. Many mystery writers rely on these devices to hold audience interest but Waldman never sinks to this level, instead relying on factual revelations and character analysis to further the plot development. Granted, one won't find a Dalglieshian tortured soul expounding on human philosophy while quoting WH Auden, but for an enjoyable, quick-paced humorous read I would recommend this book and series highly.
Rating: 5
Summary: Easy Read for Mom's who love to read
Comment: As a stay at home Mom of 2 I loved this book. It was perfect for the short spans I can find in my day to read. The story was involving and fun. I am looking forward to reading more books by this author. Written for Moms as only a real Mom could. Thanks Ayelet!!
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Title: The Big Nap by Ayelet Waldman ISBN: 0425184528 Publisher: Prime Crime Pub. Date: 02 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Nursery Crimes by Ayelet Waldman ISBN: 042518000X Publisher: Prime Crime Pub. Date: 10 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Death Gets a Time-Out by Ayelet Waldman ISBN: 0425190145 Publisher: Prime Crime Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Daughter's Keeper by Ayelet Waldman ISBN: 140220096X Publisher: Sourcebooks Trade Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds by Nancy Martin ISBN: 0451208862 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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