Yankee Doodle Dead (Death on Demand Mysteries, No. 10)
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (896 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0380793261 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Now, Annie and Max watch their Fourth of July holiday explode not only with fun and fireworks, but with murder as well.The library board wants to declare its independence from new member, retired Brigadier General Charlton "Bud" Hatch, a man accustomed to being in charge. After all, murder is Annie's business -- well, sort of. But Annie finds it difficult to ignore him at a crowded patriotic festival -- particularly when he's shot dead before her eyes. and Agatha, attract hairballs. Hatch's takeover attitude has alienated everyone in town, especially the women. She's the proprietor of the popular Death on Demand mystery bookstore and cafe, and her establishment seems to attract trouble like Annie's pesky felines, Dorothy L. Master mystery spinner Carolyn Hart gives us the tenth high-spirited entry in her Agatha, Anthony and Macavity Award-winning Death on Demand series.The most delectable sleuthing couple since Nick met Nora, Annie and Max Darling manage to find quite a bit of murder in their allegedly safe and serene South Carolina island resort town
It's up to Annie and Max to clear Laurel and various other friends of suspicion, and Hart certainly knows how to keep a familiar story from becoming too obvious. The racist, sexist, antigay Bud Hatch could have been killed by any of his several enemies. But Laurel is only one of a veritable Orient Express-load of possible suspects when an obnoxious ex-military man is shot to death at the Broward's Rock Fourth of July Festival. Other Death on Demand tales in paperback: The Christie Caper, Deadly Valentine, D
Yankee Doodle Dead (Death on Demand Mysteries, No. 10) I read this type of book for pure simple entertainment. I don't have to think. Usually they do what I want them to dorelieve stress however, one line in this book is such a glaring mistake I felt compelled to write. Toward the end a "person of interest" is in a rented boat and missing in the middle of a storm and the author has the police chief say " I've contacted the Coast Guard. They'll be out at first light." Now having been in the Coast Guard, that line is pure BS. Before the days of political cor. "Well, every author has a miss sometimes" according to A Customer. Although I generally greatly enjoy Hart's books, I was disappointed in this one. If fact, I put it down to read something else and almost forgot to return to it. The story was mildly interesting, however, there were several different "mini-plots" that detracted from the whole. The story never got moving and there was no sense of suspense. To be honest, I was irritated by the ending, not satisfied as I usually am. And PLEASE, get rid of Laurel! She has to be the most obnoxious character I've ever read a. A Customer said Combines old-fashioned cozy plot with modern humor. In many ways *Yankee Doodle Dead* is rather like the paperback mysteries that Annie Laurance Darling praises in chapter one and it's obvious that's intended. This book kept me up until my eyes refused to stay open any longer and I made sure to finish it during breakfast, even though it meant I had to scramble to get to work. The references to other mystery books and authors were fun when I recognized them and gave me some idea what the other fictional detectives were like when I didn't. The reason for