Dare to Die

by Carolyn Hart

Series: Death on Demand (19)

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Mentions
402	10	62,872	(3.52)	19
A mysterious young woman returns to the island to make amends, but a ruthless killer fears she will recall one long ago, foggy night.

all members

▾Members

Recently added by

MyFathersDragon, Stitchweaver, keytesvillelibrary, readerica, tennhall, EmilyKihlstadius, Vegemite, BobSlaughter

▾Tags

▾LibraryThing Recommendations

▾Lists

None

▾Will you like it?

▾Conversations (About links)

No current Talk conversations about this book.

» See also 19 mentions

▾Member reviews

date ▼ | votes

Showing 1-5 of 10 (next | show all)

A death, 10 years ago, of an 18-year-old girl comes back to haunt her friends and classmates. From the Death in Demand series featuring Max and Annie Darling comes a murder occurring at their party where the friends of Jocelyn Howard all attend.

A cozy mystery with the requisite case of eccentric characters, a connection to the police and in this case a traditional “Poirot-style” denouement. A relaxing read that flows along at an even pace. (

)

Bettesbooks | Feb 20, 2017 |

OKAY, but not as good as other authors I have read.

DUANE-LIBRARY1 | Apr 22, 2013 |

a young and beautiful couple, one of whom runs a bookstore on a South Carolina barrier island, are celebrating their new house when murder strikes. Of course, this being the amateur sleuth genre, they can't stay uninvolved, but to be fair, they're sort of doomed to it anyway. Pleasant and fairly distinct characters and enough romance to fill in the gaps. Recommended for the beach, or any recuperative effort (

)

ffortsa | Mar 30, 2012 |

3.5 stars (

)

ImBookingIt | Jun 6, 2011 |

Light little mystery; nothing earth shattering, though one did need a score card to remember all the characters and who was with whom now, as well as 10 years ago in the back story. It would be nice if Carolyn Hart actually knew the lowcountry where she sets this series, but she doesn't, as often comes out in the books. It makes me fear a little bit for our economy here, because with so many deaths on one island off the coast of South Carolina, what's it gonna do for our tourist trade? I guess people will just go, instead, to that little English village where Miss Marple lived. (

)

bookczuk | Jul 20, 2010 |

date ▼ | votes

Showing 1-5 of 10 (next | show all)

▾Published reviews

no reviews | add a review

▾Other authors

» Add other authors (1 possible)

▾Series and work relationships

Belongs to Series

Death on Demand (19)

▾Awards and Honors

view history

▾Common Knowledge

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Canonical title

Dare to Die

Original title

Dare to Die

Alternative titles

Original publication date

People/Characters

Annie Laurance Darling

Max Darling

(show all 14 items)

Important places

Broward's Rock, South Carolina, USA

Important events

Related movies

Epigraph

Dedication

To PDH, Jr.

First words

Iris Tilford held tight to the Exercycle hand grips, pumped the pedals.

Quotations

Last words

(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)

Disambiguation notice

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

Original language

Canonical DDC/MDS

Canonical LCC

▾References

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English

None

▾Book descriptions

A mysterious young woman returns to the island to make amends, but a ruthless killer fears she will recall one long ago, foggy night.

▾Library descriptions

No library descriptions found.

▾LibraryThing members' description

Book description

Annie and Max Darling are completely unprepared when the arrival of a mysterious young woman shocks their sea island and stirs up more than just gossip.

It turns out that Iris, the beautiful stranger, is a former resident of Broward's Rock. Her arrival throws the normally happy town into a downward spiral that pits neighbor against neighbor.

Things take a turn for the worse when Annie befriends Iris and invites her to attend the Darlings' party at the pavilion where Death is the uninvited guest. Suddenly, Max and Annie find themselves in the middle of a fight they don't understand and at the mercy of an unknown assailant who's trying to kill them—and all they know is that it is one of their friends

Haiku summary