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The prime suspect in the murder of author Elliot Morgan, Annie Laurance Darling, owner of the Death on Demand mystery bookstore, embarks on an investigation in an attempt to clear her name.
Series
14 primary books16 released booksDeath on Demand is a 16-book series with 14 primary works first released in 4 with contributions by Carolyn G. Hart, José DONOSO, and Mary Daheim.
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So torn on this book between 2 and 3 stars. I guess I'll go with 3 since I tend toward the positive side usually.
3 stars for the super-fun setting. Annie Laurence lives on an island off the East Coast selling books (what a DREAM job). To top it all off, she even lives in a posh tree house. She's got a great boyfriend (almost irritatingly too great, mostly I'm unsure why the author chose to make him wealthy). I thoroughly enjoyed all the references to great mystery authors, past and present. It was a Who's Who of Mystery Writers all throughout this mystery.
Unfortunately, this mystery was just not that good. I never ever know the murderer until either the end of the book, or maybe a chapter right before. But this murderer, I knew right off. And I just spent the rest of the book hoping I was wrong, only to find all the clues worked out just fine. I may read more in the series, but it's not a priority right now.