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World Hotels - Dying to Call You (Dead-End Job Mysteries, Book 3)
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List Price: $6.99
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Manufacturer: Signet
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780451213327
ISBN: 0451213327
Label: Signet
Manufacturer: Signet
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 2004-10-05
Publisher: Signet
Release Date: 2004-10-05
Studio: Signet
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While making the best of her new telemarketing job, Helen Hawthorne thinks she hears a murder on the other end of the line-and must avoid a close call with a killer.
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Summary: Dying To Read More
Comment: I was very entertained with this book. Helen's gig as a telemarketer brought back memories of my college days when I gave away free cemetary plots as a telemarketer. It was before computers and we used the phone book. My favorite comeback was, "I don't need it, I am immortal."
This story was exciting to the last page. Imagine hearing a murder taking place on the phone. Helen was brave to investigate this murder. She is quite a talented sleuth.
I am glad to have discovered this series by Elaine Viets and I look forward to reading more by her.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Nosey Telemarketer
Comment: The interesting part of this amateur sleuth, Helen, is her dead end telemarketer job. Good insight into the telemarketers world: predominantly abusive calls received by telemarketers, their low self-esteem, poor working conditions & low pay. You feel sorry for them & wish you can be kinder to them next time round when they call on you.
As for the mystery factor in this book, its average with quick turning action so you won't get bored. Helen is simply too nosey to stay put in any one place at a time so the mystery unravels in many places with quick wit. The repartee between Helen & Margery, the landlady is always entertaining.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Maybe I am in a slump, but...
Comment: I didn't enjoy this book as much as the others in the series. That will not turn me off of them though. I fulling intend to read the next one. I agree with others, not sure how I feel about Phil, will not go further with that one, do not want to spoil anything. If you have not read any of this series, please start with the first one, as the characters build up. Also, I missed Peggy, she didn't seem to make much of an appearance in this book.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Eh...
Comment: I thought this sounded like a fun mystery to read, but I was wrong.
I got about 1/3 of the way through until I gave up. It just didn't keep my attention. Plus I couldn't really get a feel for the main character. I guess I couldn't relate to her much.
I'll pass on the rest of this series too.
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Summary: A telemarketer overheard murder
Comment: Helen Hawthorne is working another dead-end job with payment in cash so she can evade her ex-husband and the law. This time she's doing telemarketing. While she's good at it, she gets plenty of hang-ups and people cursing her out. But then she overhears a murder during a phone survey she's conducting to the home of Henry Asporth. She reports it to the police, but after their investigation, they tell her it was just a show on TV.
Helen is convinced she heard a murder. So she does some research through the computer at work to determine whether a woman lived at that address. Once she determines that Laredo lived with him, she contacts her sister Savannah and they begin investigating. Helen likes to stay as far away from police as possible.
Disrupting her enjoyable life at home are Fred and Ethel Mertz that moved into the apartment building. They are difficult to get along with and soon none of the neighbors are hanging out around the pool so they can avoid them.
As Savannah and Helen dig deeper and deeper into Henry Asporth and his friends, Helen finds herself in some sticky situations. Can they find the murderer without Helen being the next victim?
I always enjoy books in this series. Helen is a fun character and the people she works with and the other tenants in the apartment building are such great characters. They really add to the story.
While I sometimes have trouble believing anyone is really after Helen, I think the stories are well constructed and such a fun read. I highly recommend this book.
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