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A new suspense-themed housing tract on the edge of the Mojave Desert is about to open, and who better to help promote the Cotswold-cozy development than mystery biographer extraordinaire Cece Caruso? For the grand opening weekend, Cece is staging a play featuring the beloved sleuth Miss Marple. Of course, everything goes wrong, including a leading lady who ends up dead.All is not well in Christietown; its secrets are as complicated as the truth behind Agatha Christie's real-life disappearance. The developer, an Englishman who claims to be Dame Agatha's descendent, has ruthless investors breathing down his neck. Meanwhile, Cece's got a wedding to plan, a baby shower to give, and an ex-husband who shows up on her doorstep with his fiancee and future mother-in-law. And when another body surfaces, the intrepid amateur sleuth knows she must play the famed detective for real—or suffer the same mysterious fate.
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Meh. I don't know if it was my frame of mind or the book. I have read the previous mysteries in this series and each one gets a little flimsier. I think the author tries to throw too many things, tropes, characters and whatnot at the book and none of these elements seem to stick very well.
The main character is supposed to be a fashionista with a penchant for vintage clothes but this character trait seems as slapped on as her love for her pets and her love for her cop boyfriend/fiance.
Is it all just too cliché?
I think I'm done with this series.