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Take the Monkeys and Run (Barbara Marr Murder Mystery, #1) (edition 2010)

by Karen Cantwell

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Film lover Barbara Marr is a typical suburban mom living the typical suburban life in her sleepy little town of Rustic Woods, Virginia. Typical, that is until she sets out to find the missing link between a bizarre monkey sighting in her yard and the bone chilling middle-of-the-night fright fest at the strangely vacant house next door. When Barb talks her two friends into some seemingly innocent Charlie's Angels-like sleuthing, they stumble upon way more than they bargained for and uncover a piece of neighborhood history that certain people would kill to keep on the cutting room floor.… (more)
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Title:Take the Monkeys and Run (Barbara Marr Murder Mystery, #1)
Authors:Karen Cantwell
Info:Publisher Unknown (2010), Kindle Edition, 238 pages
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Take the Monkeys and Run: A Barbara Marr Murder Mystery by Karen Cantwell

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This was one of those either free or super cheap books I picked up on amazon. I should know better. I only like maybe 1 in 20+ of these yet I keep picking them up, hoping to find a hidden gem. This was not a hidden gem. It was competently written, but I get so tired of women being portrayed as ditzes who can't take care of themselves. And the "yous guys" Mafia language was so egregiously bad that the author should be ashamed of herself. Oh, and you have three gorgeous men hovering around you. Put this one in the fantasy section. Next. ( )
  AliceAnna | Jan 10, 2024 |
I thoroughly enjoyed this book about a housewife and mum who unwittingly gets herself involved in a mafioso situation. As a Brit, I particularly enjoyed her American analogies. Laugh out loud in places and I couldn't put it down towards the end. Good fun. ( )
  Librogirl | Mar 13, 2022 |
Been a while since I read this one, but just read another book by the same author & it reminded me how much FUN Take the Monkeys and Run was! ( )
  ker95tx | May 27, 2020 |
I received this as a Library Thing review copy: Light hearted, mystery set in a suburban backdrop. A mystery surrounds a house next door to Barbara and she is determined to get to the bottom of it. Long term residents of the street refuse to open up and a very cute policeman is starting to call her by her first name she has had run ins with him so often. Her kids think she is acting weird and her husband appears to have moved out of the family home. Oh and there are monkeys hence the title. ( )
  nadineeg | May 31, 2019 |
This is a great mystery with characters who surprise you and a plot that thickens as the story goes on. I enjoyed this element a lot however I also loved the humor. This is one of the funniest books I've ever read. There were countless moments that I laughed out loud and crept back a few pages to re-read and laugh again. I can't wait to read the next one in the series! ( )
  LiteraryChanteuse | Jan 27, 2016 |
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Film lover Barbara Marr is a typical suburban mom living the typical suburban life in her sleepy little town of Rustic Woods, Virginia. Typical, that is until she sets out to find the missing link between a bizarre monkey sighting in her yard and the bone chilling middle-of-the-night fright fest at the strangely vacant house next door. When Barb talks her two friends into some seemingly innocent Charlie's Angels-like sleuthing, they stumble upon way more than they bargained for and uncover a piece of neighborhood history that certain people would kill to keep on the cutting room floor.

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