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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  Darcia | Jul 13, 2009 |  Written very much in the style of a Stephanie Plum mystery. I didn't enjoy it as much as I would have liked, but it still kept me entertained. (  ) DGrivetto | Sep 18, 2008 | cannellfan | Dec 23, 2007 | Funny and smart, this book mixes blind dating with a murder mystery. (  ) fourpaws | Oct 20, 2007 | I read this book a while back. Wollie Shelly is dating 40 men as part of an experiment. She needs the fee to help her struggling greeting card store. Along with this her store is up for review by the company. Then her schizophrenic brother calls her to tell her that he has witnessed a murder. This book is a riot. if you like Stephanie Plum, give this book a try. (  ) TheLibraryhag | Sep 24, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0385510187, Hardcover)Los Angeles greeting-card artist Wollie Shelley is dating forty men in sixty days as research for a radio talk show host's upcoming book, How to Avoid Getting Dumped All the Time. Wollie is meeting plenty of eligible bachelors but not falling in love, not until she stumbles over a dead body en route to Rio Pescado--a state-run mental hospital--and is momentarily taken hostage by a charismatic "doctor" who is on the run from the Mob. Wollie fears that her beloved brother, a paranoid schizophrenic living at Rio Pescado, is involved in the murder, so rather than go to the authorities, she decides to solve the crime on her own. As she meets up with an array of small-time crooks and swaggering mobsters only slightly more sinister than the men she’s been dating, Wollie realizes that "getting dumped" is the least of her problems. Finding true love, she discovers, sometimes means learning how to avoid getting killed . . .Dating Dead Men will keep readers guessing until the final bullet is shot--and cheering for the irresistible Wollie as she makes her way out of confusion and into the welcoming embrace of Mr. Right. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:16 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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At times the similarities between the characters of Evanovich's Plum series and the characters in Dating Dead Men were a little too glaringly obvious. The main character, Wolley, is much like Stephanie Plum in that she acts brave while secretly being scared. She does crazy things and has crazy friends. And her love life gets her in trouble. Wolley's good friend and co-worker, Fredreeq, is much like Plum's friend Lula. She dresses outrageously and speaks her mind to everyone. Consequently, I found myself making too many comparisons between the authors and their books.
Overall the book is well-written and enjoyable. Definitely a good choice when you're looking for something not too complicated, that will make you laugh and leave you feeling good at the end. (