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Ringing In Murder (2008)

by Kate Kingsbury(Favorite Author)

3.64 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

042522399X (ISBN13: 9780425223994)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Berkley Trade

series

Pennyfoot Hotel Mysteries

review 1: Christmas is always a special time at the Pennyfoot Hotel, but this Christmas promises to be extra special as Cecily Sinclair Baxter is busily preparing for the wedding of her friend Madeline Pengrath to Doctor Kevin Prestwick. Cecily has her fingers crossed that all will go well since Madeline can be very unpredictable. When Christmas crackers go missing, Cecily is mildly annoyed, but her annoyance turns to horror when two guests are killed in an explosion and fire in one of the rooms at the Pennyfoot. Cecily suspects murder and wants the case solved before someone else is killed and before Madeline and Kevin's wedding is ruined."Ringing in Murder" is Kate Kingsbury's latest Pennyfoot Hotel mystery set at Christmastime (the others are No Clue at the Inn (Pennyfoot Hotel M... moreysteries), Slay Bells (A Special Pennyfoot Hotel Myst), and Shrouds of Holly (A Special Pennyfoot Hotel Myst)). Like the other books in the series this cozy mystery is delightful. All of the familiar characters are here: Cecily and her beloved husband Baxter, Madeline and Kevin, Phoebe Carter-Holmes Fortescue and her eccentric husband Colonel Fortescue, and of course Cecily's household staff - Mrs. Chubb, Gertie, Pansy, and "French" cook Michel. The wedding plot line is a good one and adds some mild suspense to the novel as Madeline and Kevin are at odds with each other over certain beliefs and readers will wonder if the two can make their differences work. The main mystery is well written and plotted, with lots of red herrings, and while Kingsbury leaves subtle clues as to who the killer is, readers will still have a hard time figuring out whodunit. There is a secondary plot involving a snowman which is a bit silly but is also intriguing since it seems to be setting up events in future books."Ringing in Murder" is Kate Kingsbury's nicely done holiday gift for her fans.
review 2: The festive season is almost upon us and it was almost upon The Pennyfoot Country Club as guests gathered for the annual holiday and festivities.Owner Cecily Sinclair Baxter decides that she will have some specially made crackers inside one of which will be a pearl necklace as a special surprise for one lucky guest. However, before the crackers get distributed two go missing. Nothing much is thought of the situation until a fire breaks out in one of the bedrooms and two of the guests die. Was it an accident, as the authorities originally thought, or was it murder?Cecily determines to find out and with the help of her husband, 'Baxter', she unravels the mystery while at the same time assisting her friend Madeline in her wedding preparations.An Edwardian treat with connotations of 'Upstairs, Downstairs'. less

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