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Murderers Prefer Blondes (Paige Turner, Bk 1)
Murderers Prefer Blondes - Paige Turner, Bk 1
Author: Amanda Matetsky
The year is 1954, and Paige Turner is a feisty young widow with Brenda Starr bravado and a fixation with following in Agatha Christie's footsteps. Trouble is, she works like a dog at Daring Detective magazine and her lousy pun of a name has made her the butt of all office jokes. — All she wants is to pen a memorable mystery, but first she nee...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780425191057
ISBN-10: 0425191052
Publication Date: 7/1/2003
Pages: 291
Rating:
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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3.3 stars, based on 69 ratings
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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MartieKr avatar reviewed Murderers Prefer Blondes (Paige Turner, Bk 1) on + 72 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
A enjoyable little cozy. I like all the references sprinkled in the book to 1950s products.
reviewed Murderers Prefer Blondes (Paige Turner, Bk 1) on + 139 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
A funny protagonist and a story set in 1954 makes this book a little different from the norm--very enjoyable.
lustforbooks avatar reviewed Murderers Prefer Blondes (Paige Turner, Bk 1) on
Helpful Score: 3
This book takes place in 1954 and the author does a good job of combining history and mystory. Her characters are well-rounded and the plot is good -- though a tiny bit predictable. But overall very well done.

It's a quick weekend read. Nothing taxing and a good escape. Definitely worth checking out the rest of the series.
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Helpful Score: 2
I cant find anything bad to say about this book but it didnt grab me. It took me two weeks read the first half before i gave up.
reviewed Murderers Prefer Blondes (Paige Turner, Bk 1) on + 359 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
If you remember the '50s, you'll love this book. If you are too young, all the more reason to read it. It takes a Real Woman to chase the bad guys wearing heels, a hat, and gloves.
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hardtack avatar reviewed Murderers Prefer Blondes (Paige Turner, Bk 1) on + 2686 more book reviews
While the plot was interesting, the verbiage wasn't. This author possesses the not-so-unique ability to take a novelette and turn it into a overly long, dragged out novel. At 291 pages it had to be 100 pages too long. After about 70-80 pages I began to skim the text in a rush to get to the end, but only because I wanted to know who killed the dumb blonde.

And even though it took place in the 1950s, I really got tired of the number of cigarettes she smoked and the alcohol she drank. And some of the characters were just that, weirdo types the author thought readers would find plausible.
reviewed Murderers Prefer Blondes (Paige Turner, Bk 1) on + 431 more book reviews
I was a great Brenda Starr fan, so I took to Paige immediately.
Phooey avatar reviewed Murderers Prefer Blondes (Paige Turner, Bk 1) on
Fun cozy mystery set in 1954.


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