Mary M. C. (MartieKr) -
Helpful Score: 3
A enjoyable little cozy. I like all the references sprinkled in the book to 1950s products.
Helpful Score: 3
A funny protagonist and a story set in 1954 makes this book a little different from the norm--very enjoyable.
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.
It's a quick weekend read. Nothing taxing and a good escape. Definitely worth checking out the rest of the series.
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.
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.
Helpful Score: 1
Pretty good. I liked the historical aspect and the mystery was ok, but the book tended to drag in spots.
Helpful Score: 1
I actually enjoyed this enough to put her other 2 on my list.
Humorous murder mystery set in the 1950's.
Set in 1954 Paige is a young widow working at a detective magazine who investigates the murder of a big screen hopeful
Penny T. (iluvmysteries) 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.
Humorous mystery series set in the 50's.
Fun cozy mystery set in 1954.
Beverly B. (baeb47) -
(From back cover) "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 needs a good story. Enter the corpse of twenty-four-year-old beauty Babs Comstock who'd had high hopes for the big screen - until she was found with a Hopalong Cassidy jump rope wrapped around her neck. Now, Paige has to find a murderer and tell the tale that could make her writing career - or cut short her life ..."
This is the first in the Paige Turner Mystery series.
Take a trip back in time to 1954 (the characters don't time travel, the reader does).
Take a trip back in time to 1954 (the characters don't time travel, the reader does).
Fun bit of fluff.
Thomas F. (hardtack) -
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.
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.
