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World Hotels - Clubbed to Death: A Dead-End Job Mystery
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Manufacturer: NAL Hardcover
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780451223944
ISBN: 0451223942
Label: NAL Hardcover
Manufacturer: NAL Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: 2008-05-06
Publisher: NAL Hardcover
Studio: NAL Hardcover
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The national bestselling author who turns “minimum wage into maximum hilarity” (Nancy Martin, author of Murder Melts in Your Mouth) reveals the lifestyles of the rich and murdered…
Helen Hawthorne’s latest dead-end job is in a country club’s complaint department, dealing with the gripes of the rich and spoiled. Then Rob, her deadbeat ex-husband, sails back into her life aboard the yacht of his new lady, Marcella—known as the Black Widow for her string of dead spouses. The next day Rob’s reported missing. If the Black Widow has such a murderous reputation, then why is Helen led from the club in handcuffs?
When Marcella helps Helen get released, the two form an uneasy alliance to find out what really happened. Helen’s barely begun digging when a club patron is discovered beaten to death with a golf club —his membership permanently expired. Someone got more than a little teed off and it’s up to Helen to get to the truth—without getting clubbed herself…
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Summary: I really wanted to like this book in a 5-star review way, but Clubbed to Death is lacking
Comment: Clubbed to Death is the first "Dead-end Job" mystery I've read. I enjoyed the beginning of the book. The chemistry in the customer care office was believable. I appreciated Viets's parody of South Florida's upper class culture. Towards the middle, however, I stopped wanting to read the book. I even returned it to the library. It was getting very farfetched, and that's not how I like my mysteries. I lost a lot of respect for Helen Hawthorne's character- the fake ID, the snooping, etc. Her neighbors in the apartment complex got annoying. All of a sudden, there's a teensy tiny plot about the air-headed Elsie getting swindled out of her ring. And then Helen's boyfriend, Phil, puts his PI skills into play. And, in between all this sleuthing, there is a engagement proposal. Waaay too much going on!!!
Just when I thought it would end, and end well, there were a few chapters to go. Ugh! I didn't really need to know about the neighbors in 2C. Apparently, Margery has had problems with every tenant in that apartment. A seemingly nice couple terminates their lease, but do they terminate their good behavior, too? Honestly, this other teensy plot wasn't needed. Oh, let's not forget Margery, who was one of the "good guys" in Helen's life... turns out to be best friends with Marcella, the "Black Widow". Marcella is a vile old woman with a "love em, leave em" mentality. (And when I say "leave 'em", I mean without their lives!!!!)
Sooo, three stars because the parody of rich culture was solid. Three stars for the office culture. Two stars lost for too many subplots being thrown in. An average read!
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Summary: Clubbed To Death
Comment: First time with this vendor and everything went very smoothly. Book arrived in very good condition and well packaged. I would buy from this vendor again.
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Summary: It was a good book
Comment: This was a good book- I have been waiting for it for a long time love all in this series- the payoff isn't what i was hoping for but isn't that what a good book should be?? if you are a fan of this series you won't be disappointed!
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Summary: fun Dead End Job mystery
Comment: Helen Hawthorne is moving up in the world. She has a new job making over twelve dollars and hour, a credit card, and a cell phone. The only downside is she hates working at Florida's Superior Club where only the ultra wealthy can get in. As a service rep, she feels not much more than a drone listening to the complaints of the members who expect her to satisfy their demands instantly. To make matters more unbearable, Helen's ex husband Rob has sailed into the docking area with his billionaire wife, Marcella known as the Black Widow.
When they meet Helen gets angry with him and pushes him. The next day the Black Widow reports her husband and jewelry are missing. Since there are witnesses to the shoving incident, the police arrest Helen. Marcella has her attorney get the charges dropped but in return the Black Widow wants Helen to find what frightened Rob into running away. While investigating, Helen stumbles across two murdered bodies. The amateur sleuth decides the Superior Club and its members have some dark secrets that make her uncomfortable working there, but first she feels she must find Rob who fled after stealing jewelry; unaware that her snooping makes her a likely next victim.
Elaine Viets Dead End Job mysteries are always fun and this one like its predecessors is too as the clues are always out there for the reader to identify the killer, if they can recognize these are clues. CLUBBED TO DEATH is one of the best in this delightful long running series due to a fascinating colorful support cast who range from eccentric to deranged. Fans will empathize with the heroine who is caught between her ethics and her sustenance economics even as she makes inquires that place her in danger.
Harriet Klausner
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