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Grady Hendrix: How to Sell a Haunted House (2022, Penguin Publishing Group)

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Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain: Gin and Daggers (2000, Signet)
Julia Child: My life in France (2006, Knopf)
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reviewed Martinis & Mayhem by Donald Bain (Murder, She Wrote, #5)

Donald Bain, Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain: Martinis & Mayhem (1995, Penguin Group) 3 stars

Jessica Untethered! Almost.

3 stars

This book was better than previous ones in the series. For the first time, Jessica wasn’t saddled with her trusty friends Sheriff Metzger and Seth, though we did get brief phone calls and a reunion at the end. Even so, she was joined by yet another companion—also a romantic interest, which doesn’t interest me at all. The cast of characters was more the stuff of the MSW television series, with some diverse oddballs. I liked them, even though I felt like a couple of them were really unnecessary. Overall a welcome edition to this series, if not feeling just a tad hamfisted and overpopulated.

reviewed Brandy & Bullets by Donald Bain (Murder, She Wrote, #4)

Donald Bain, Jessica Fletcher: Brandy & Bullets (1995, Signet) 3 stars

Fell short

3 stars

I thought this story was really interesting for most of it. It was set in Cabot Cove and had more of the MSW charm the previous three novels were missing. There were some short-lived oversights in character, like when Jessica mentions that she doesn’t consider herself much of a teacher, despite having been an English teacher her entire pre-author career in the television series. But the ending really threw me for a loop and felt incredibly unbelievable.