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Loading... Murder Most Persuasive: A Mystery (edition 2011)by Tracy Kiely
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  ) lilkim714 | Jul 28, 2014 |  One of the most enjoyable aspects of reading a story that strongly references another is the zing of recognition the reader feels each time they “get” the joke. Borrowing heavily from Jane Austen’s Peruasion, Tracy Kiely’s cozy mystery, appropriately titled Murder Most Persuasive, managed to give this reader quite a few zings while delivering a solidly crafted mystery that even the starchiest of Janeites would approve. The story is from the point of view of Elizabeth Parker, for whom Jane Austen quoting is a way of life. It begins with the funeral of Elizabeth’s Uncle Marty, whose three grown daughters are forced to deal with their vain and foolish step-mother over the settling of their father’s estate. When a body is unearthed at the family vacation house, Elizabeth’s sleuthing instincts are put on high alert, especially when the victim turns out to be her cousin Reggie’s former fiancé, Michael, who was thought to have skipped town after embezzling from her father’s business. Read the rest at http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/2011/08/fresh-meat-tracy-kielys-murder-most... CrimeHQ | Apr 11, 2013 |  This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.Elizabeth Parker is the Austen loving neice of the recently deceased Martin Reynolds. Martin's death isn't the problem. It's the body that comes to light under his swimming pool when the home's new owners remodel. That body turns out to be the missing fiance of Reggie, one of Martin's daughters. The detective turns out to be the former fiance of Martin's other daughter Ann. Elizabeth has time on her hands due to lack of work so she involves herself in the investigation, makes lots of snarky comments & does some matchmaking. It is an entertaining book overall. (  ) Stacey42 | Dec 3, 2011 | This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. ) Kegsoccer | Nov 6, 2011 | This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. ) Tmyers526 | Nov 3, 2011 | no reviews | add a review
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""Kiely's characters are instantly appealing....Kiely [is] in the first rank of cozy-mystery writers."--Richmond Times-Dispatch After the death of Elizabeth Parker's great-uncle Martin Reynolds, the family's house in the picturesque Maryland town of St. Michaels is sold. When the new owners dig up the pool, they find the body of the man thought to have run off eight years earlier after embezzling over a million dollars from the family business. This grisly discovery not only unearths old questions about what really happened to the stolen money, but it brings Detective Joe Muldoon back into the family's lives. Eight years earlier, Elizabeth's cousin Ann reluctantly broke off her relationship with Joe due to family pressure. Ann always regretted that decision and now fears that it is too late for her and Joe-especially after she becomes the main suspect. In a clever and entertaining story with echoes of Jane Austen's Persuasion, Elizabeth tries to not only match wits against a killer who's had an eight year head-start, but to also try her hand at matchmaking. "--
"After the death of Elizabeth Parker's great-uncle Martin Reynolds, the family's house in the picturesque Maryland town of St. Michaels is sold. When the new owners dig up the pool, they find the body of the man thought to have run off eight years earlier after embezzling over a million dollars from the family business. This grisly discovery not only unearths old questions about what really happened to the stolen money, but it brings Detective Joe Muldoon back into the family's lives. Eight years earlier, Elizabeth's cousin Ann reluctantly broke off her relationship with Joe due to family pressure. Ann always regretted that decision and now fears that it is too late for her and Joe-especially after she becomes the main suspect. In a clever and entertaining story with echoes of Jane Austen's Persuasion, Elizabeth tries to not only match wits against a killer who's had an eight year head-start, but to also try her hand at matchmaking"-- No library descriptions found. |
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