Books by Elaine Viets
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review 1: Either I'm getting really intolerant, or Helen Hawthorne is getting dumber. Either way, parts of this book were downright painful to get through. Overall, the storylines are pretty ok and somewhat believable, but when I get to anything having to do with the part regarding her sis...
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review 1: Great cozy, again, from Elaine Viets. Some very important issues are presented about being a single parent, and there were times I actually laughed out loud as well; great sense of humor in her stories. Also, at the end of the book, she gives great shopping tips and some helpful ...
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review 1: Elaine Viets' series about a Mystery Shopper who uses her skills to solve crimes has been slowing down. As with the last book, this book began with multiple painful exposition dumps masquerading as real human conversation, with several repetitions of characters summarizing the fi...
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review 1: Helen Hawthorne has finally climbed back to respectability. No more dead end jobs. She is now a partner in her new husband's detective agency. This book covers two cases. One involves the death of an 80 year old man and his very young bimbo wife. The man's daughter is sure t...
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review 1: Although the foods that Josie is required to sample in her 7th assignment repel her, the victuals sound appealing to me.Mystery Shopper series - Josie Marcus feels apprehensive about her new assignment-a culinary tour of St. Louis that includes sampling not only pizza and toasted...
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review 1: I am sorry to say, this book did not live up to the standards set by her previous Mystery Shopper books. While the cause she supported was admirable, it seemed as if she was preaching at times, and lost focus of the story line. She introduced a character who was unrealistic, whil...
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review 1: #6 in the Mystery Shopper series is a so-so entry. Perhaps I don't understand the finer points involved in shopping for lingerie - so add a half star if you wear a bra.Mystery Shopper series - "On Josie's latest assignment, her former teacher--now working in a lingerie shop--is i...
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review 1: Helen Hawthorne, she of the formerly-dead-end-job-holders, at 41, is now able to spend her time solving cases with her husband of one year, Phil Sagemont; together they run Coronado Investigations. The two murder investigations for which they are hired in this newest series ent...
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review 1: #8 in the Dead End Job series - a below average entry but still an enjoyable beach read.Dead End Job series - Helen Hawthorne, working at Miguel Angel's beauty salon, assists Miguel with Honey, the fiancee of "King" Oden, a gossip blogger. After the couple exchange "I dos", someo...