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Mrs. Malory and the Lilies that Fester (Sheila Malory Mysteries)
Hazel Holt Manufacturer: Signet ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback  Contemporary
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ASIN: 0451203542 Release Date: 2001-06-12 |
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When the unsavory Mr. Masefield is murdered, locals and the law blame Sheila Malory's future daughter-in-law. Now Sheila must untangle the truth before the real killer strikes again.Customer Reviews:
Mrs Malory loses the plot.......2002-03-11
In "Lilies that Fester", however, Mrs Malory - or rather her creator, Ms Holt - seems to have totally lost the plot.
In the first place not only the identity of the murderer, but also the motivation, are clear as soon as the main characters have been introduced. Even the author seems to have realised that all was not well, since a majority of the book simply wanders round and round the same marginally interesting bits of story line and does little or nothing to help in the detecting the culprit.
Indeed, on the final two pages of Chapter Nineteen, Mrs Malory and her son decide that the only reason for bothering to solve the mystery is so that the son's fiancee will feel like agreeing to a date for their marriage.
This feeling that the author has lost all interest in her story is further emphasised in the half-hearted denoument wherein the characters decide not to hand the murderer over to the police, nor even to stop him embezzling a regular £1,000+ per week, apparently for no better reason than ... well, quite frankly for no apparent reason at all!
It's a daft ending to a vacuous story, and totally inconsistent with the central character's typically 'conservative' thinking and behaviour as depicted in the previous books in the series.
On this showing, it's definitely time for Mrs Malory to hang up her magnifying glass and disappear quietly into the sunset.
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Lilies That Fester (A Bretta Solomon Mystery)
Janis Harrison Manufacturer: St. Martin's Minotaur ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback General
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ASIN: 0312983174 |
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When Flower Shop owner Bretta Solomon leaves her hometown of River City, Missouri, and heads for a florist convention in Branson, she's surprised to find a letter from Vincent and Mabel McDuffy slipped under her hotel room door, begging for help. The McDuffys seem to know of Bretta's success as an amateur sleuth around River City, and that, coupled with their admiration for Bretta's late husband, a police officer, has inspired them to ask Bretta to find out what happened to their daughter, who died of a heart attack a few months ago. The trouble is, Bretta can't find the McDuffys-after leaving her several messages at the hotel, they seem to have vanished. And although she's curious to track them down and find out exactly what they want her to do, she's got her hands full already running the design contest at the annual florist convention, coping with back-stabbing competitors and suspicious colleagues.Customer Reviews:
Special Interest to Mystery-Lovers Maintaining Weight Loss.......2002-08-07
a very absorbing read.......2001-12-05
Bretta Solomon may be feeling good about herself now that she's shed some weight, but the headache of coordinating the first floral competition at the Branson Florist Convention, has done quite a bit to sour her mood. Dealing with avid competitors who will not stop hounding her to reveal more about the different categories that Bretta has thought up for the competition, plus in-house wrangling amongst the board members has been enough to make her wish that she had never agreed to oversee the competition. The only bright spot in the horizon is that she seems to have picked up an admirer -- good looking, single and an amateur gardener to boot! And then just before the festivities start, Bretta receives an urgent message from a couple, the McDuffys, that her dead husband used to know. Knowing about her ability to solve perplexing mysteries, they leave urgent messages with her, pressing for a meeting. Having had no success with actually meeting Bretta so far, they leave a letter and a cassette, with instructions for Bretta to read the letter if they fail to make the planned meeting for the following morning. However the McDuffys fail to turn up the next day. Reading the letter, Bretta discovers that the couple want Bretta to discover what had happened to their daughter just before she died of a heart attack. Her behaviour had changed drastically the few months before her death, and the McDuffys suspect that someone was at the root of all her unhappiness that caused her death. Bretta is of course saddened by the letter, and is not sure what she can do. And then she discovers that the McDuffys seem to have mysteriously vanished. Although her hands are quite full with trying to mange the competition, as well as deal with her many back-stabbing colleagues, she feels she must track down the McDuffys, if only to talk to them. But where to start? And then someone starts playing a series of dangerous pranks on Bretta, and her would-be beau starts behaving strangely. What exactly is going on? And how are the McDuffys connected to all this? Bretta is determined to find out.
This is by far the best Bretta Solomon mystery novel, and I was quite engrossed. There are so many things I liked about this mystery novel: the mystery was an intriguing and interesting one, and the plot unfolded smoothly and flawlessly till the very end where Janis Harrison pulled everything together brilliantly. Bretta Solomon is a wonderfully clever, warm hearted and feisty amateur sleuth, and "Lilies That Fester" showcases this character superbly. (I absolutely loved the wry tone she used when observing the silly antics that other members of the board indulged in) "Lilies That Fester" is definitely a first rate read.
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Lilies That Fester and Love's Constancy (Playhouse Series)
William (arr.) Poel Manufacturer: Brentano's ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000PCC81W |
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Lilies that fester smell far worse than Weeds
Jenny Roberts Manufacturer: AuthorHouse UK DS ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Anthologies
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'Lilies.' is a collection of poetry inspired by the people I've met, the places I've been, and the experiences I've had, over the last eight years. It features both varieties of poem: the carefully constructed and the drunken ramble, which are equally important and indicative of this time in my life. Writing them was always only intended to be a kind of self-indulgent therapy, or the occasional shared offering, but I hope that everyone who reads this will be able to relate to at least one! Enjoy J|
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Lilies That Fester
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Lilies that fester
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Lilies That Fester
Janis Harrison Manufacturer: St. Martin's Minotaur ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OTWN0W |
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Lilies That Fester : A Gardening Mystery
Janis Harrison Manufacturer: St. Martin's Minotaur ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OTNQUS |
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Lilies that fester
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Mrs Mallory & the Lilies That Fester
Hazel Holt Manufacturer: Thorndike Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000LTWMBK |
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