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Carregando... Killer Cruise (Jaine Austen Mystery, Book 8) (A Jaine Austen Mystery) (edição: 2010)de Laura Levine (Autor)
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Jaine Austen has been hired to do some advertising for a cruise line, and so gets to go on a free cruise. While she’s trying to leave her apartment, she semi-accidentally smuggles her cat Prozac into her luggage, and winds up taking him onboard the ship (for many hilarious cat moments.) This one had some hilarious scenes, including Jaine being blackmailed by her room porter into keeping the secret of the stowaway cat if she would edit his terrible manuscript, and of course, her teaching memoir writing classes while on board. As always, the funny emails with her parents were a hoot. The murder in this one didn’t take place until nearly halfway along in the book, which worked out okay, as there was other stuff happening. I’m interested to see where things go next! Jaine Austen is offering a course on writing as part of the cruise activities for Holiday Cruise Lines. She is more interested in the 24 hour buffet than the cruise itself. Her cat Prozac invites himself along, and Jaine is forced to try to hide him aboard ship so he won't be quarantined. The ice sculptor's ice picks come up missing, and it isn't long until a murder has taken place. The captain and his crew detain a suspect, but Jaine is convinced of her innocence and begins to investigate. I'm simply not a fan of Levine's writing style. I dislike the e-mail exchanges at the end of some chapters. I find most of the situations rather absurd. I'm afraid the intended humor is lost on me. I think part of the problem is that Levine tries to make these novels fit too many genres--mystery, romance, and humor. She simply doesn't pull it off for those of us who are primarily interested in the mystery element. It could easily have been 5 stars, but the murderer's confession took the wind out of the book's sail. I'm so happy to announce that the author has crafted another remarkable book. She has been able to extract even more entertaining tidbits from her characters. Do read this book, even if it takes more than one leaf out of a more prolific British and well dead author whose name is synonymous with flair and invention. By changing the stage for her story, Laura Levine has kept my interest alive in her, although I'm afraid there's only a few books left in the series. You know, most books that are categorized as funny don't have much humor, but this book delivers on all fronts. Until next time. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Pertence à sérieJaine Austen (8)
Fiction.
Mystery.
HTML:Wordsmith Jaine Austen's ship has finally come in. Her new teaching gig on a fancy cruise line nabs her a free vacation--and access to a 24-hour buffet! But sooner than you can say "bon voyage," Jaine's all-expenses-paid trip to the Mexican Riviera seems destined to be a wreck. . . Things are already off to a rocky start when Jaine discovers a stowaway amidst her luggage--her persnickety cat Prozac. Jaine's sinking sensation grows stronger at dinner, where she meets chatty Emily Pritchard, a wealthy seventy-year-old who's traveling with her two nephews. Jaine can't help noticing the tension among them, especially when the cruise's charming--and sleazy--British dancer, Graham, whisks Emily out onto the dance floor. Soon Emily is accepting Graham's invitations to every social event on the ship. Two nights later the bubbly couple announces their engagement, but the news is quickly overshadowed the next morning by the discovery of Graham's body with an ice pick protruding from his chest. . . Between hiding a furry fugitive, flirting with Emily's nephew Robbie, and baiting the hook for a clever murderer, Jaine is about to dive into her most dangerous case yet. . . Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Other than that the humor fell completely flat for me and there just wasn't enough depth to any of the characters to keep me interested. ( )