Honeymoon with Murder

by Carolyn G. Hart

Death on Demand (4)

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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:4th in Death On Demand series

Mystery bookstore owner Annie Laurance, and detective Max Darling are finally tying the knot, but a bizarre sequence of events threatens to unravel this blissful marriage before it begins. The ceremony is barely over when the phone rings and a woman on the other end of the line screams bloody murder! The newlyweds rush to the scene of the crime only to discover that Ingrid Jones, Annie's bookstore assistant, has show more vanished, leaving the body of a neighborhood Peeping Tom on her living room rug. As the community of Broward's Rock and Annie's meddling new mother-in-law mobilizes to find the missing woman, the cold corpse puts honeymoon plans on the shelf...and Annie's love of investigation threatens to bring the big chill to Max's hungry heart. show less

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This one was great. I love all the references the author packs into each novel. It shows the author is a huge fan of a wide variety of mystery novels herself. I was a little put off when I realized that the wedding was going to take place in the book (as opposed to in between them), but the author pulled it off well. The wedding took place in the beginning of the book, and really didn't have anything to do with the mystery, but was nicely worked in. I can't imagine wanting to do anything less on my honeymoon, but with Annie, I can't imagine anything more appropriate. I love that Max always has Annie’s back, and pitches in to help in his own way. I like that Henny jumps in and takes over the investigation, without taking over the show more story, by doing her own thing, and popping up on occasion as different novel sleuths. This novel was one that was 'solvable', by following clues and paying attention. And you know I love that type of book. Annie does get away with a lot, by justifying it as solving a mystery. And she takes risks that I don't think anyone would really take, at least by themselves. (Why couldn’t she take her new cute hubby along with her?) But all in all a pleasurable read, and a good way to spend the Christmas holidays. :) show less
So this series is pretty light reading and always a food distraction, even I I figure out who done it before halfway done.
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Carolyn G. Hart is the author of eight award-winning Death on Demand mysteries and four Henrie O mysteries. The first writer to win all three major mystery awards--the Agatha, the Anthony, and the Macavity--for her novels, Hart is the former president of the organization Sisters in Crime. Hart's first novel in her mystery series, entitled Death on show more Demand, focuses on prime murder suspect Annie Laurance Darling and her attempt to clear her tarnished name. Some of the other novels in the series include Something Wicked, winner of the Agatha Award in 1988 and the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original in 1989, Design for Murder, and Honeymoon with Murder, which won the Anthony Award in 1990. Letter From Home also won the Agatha Award for Best Novel in 2003. Her latest novel is entitled, The Devereaux Legacy. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
Honeymoon with Murder
Original publication date
1988
People/Characters
Annie Laurance Darling; Max Darling; Ingrid Jones; Brice Willard Posey; Laurel Darling; Ophelia Baxter
Important places
Broward's Rock, South Carolina, USA
Dedication
To Kate, Editor Par Excellence
First words
Jesse Penrick didn't miss much on his solitary nocturnal rambles. Lights at an odd hour. A visitor never before seen. An unfamiliar car.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Max turned to face her, the ripped-out cord dangling from his hand, a beatific smile upon his face.

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Fiction and Literature, Mystery
DDC/MDS
813Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English
LCC
PS3558 .A676 .H66Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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