Elaine Viets
Auteur van Shop Till You Drop
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Before becoming a full-time author, Elaine Viets worked in the field of journalism. She is the author of the Dead-End Job Mystery series; the Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper series; and the Francesca Vierling Mystery series. Her short story Wedding Knife, which appeared in Chesapeake Crimes, won both toon meer the Agatha and the Anthony Awards. Viets resides in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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The Great Filling Station Holdup: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Jimmy Buffett (2021) — Medewerker — 4 exemplaren
The Scrooge Society 2 exemplaren
Tagged For Murder 1 exemplaar
When a Man Loves a Woman 1 exemplaar
Vampire Hours 1 exemplaar
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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When I read the Dead End Job mystery series, I feel like I've taken a mini-vacation to south Florida. This was especially enjoyable during a recent stretch of bitter cold winter days. In Catnapped! Helen and Phil suddenly have two crimes to solve. The clock starts ticking on the chance to solve a murder. And there are lots of cats.
I'm not a big mystery lover, but this was closer to a cozy chick lit mystery rather than a hard boiled mystery.
After reading this book, I'm considering reading another mystery either a dead-end job mystery or a Sarah Stohmeyer mystery.
After reading this book, I'm considering reading another mystery either a dead-end job mystery or a Sarah Stohmeyer mystery.
Meh. The style of writing is fine, sometimes amusing in a snarky manner. And some were beyond stupid and good taste- as in the character who never wears undies and has a wax job in the shape of a dollar sign. Please. Not funny. Just gross. I found the main character irritating because she couldn't make up her mind about anything- her love interest, her job, even who the murderer was. A good portion of the end of the book was madly whirling among a half dozen suspects with not enough information for the intelligent reader, much less the main character, to get any inkling of the truth. For a "light-hearted"'mystery, the denouement was a bit gory. Don't think I'll pursue this series.… (meer)
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Some of the stories are better than others Truck stop salvation, and Smart Woman in a Really Short Skirt, were both great. And some stories also stick to the storyline or loosely to what the song is about
Pascagoula Run and Who’s the Blonde Stranger.
Anyway a fun easy read.