About this title: A collection of four mystery stories in which clues, corpses, and crimes are investigated by literary mothers such as Cousin Renie and Bel Barrett.
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Binding: MASS MARKET PAPERBACK
Publisher: Avon
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780060525019ISBN:0060525010
Description: Fair. Paperback, a good reading copy. Cover image is a stock image and may vary. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: AVON BOOKS
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780739433058ISBN:0739433059
Description: LIKE NEW in LIKE NEW jacket. 5 3/4" X 8 1/2" TITLE: MOTHERHOOD IS MURDER. EVEN THOUGH THE CONDITION IS SUPER, SOMEONE SAT SOMETHING ON OUTSIDE EDGE WHICH BENT THE BOOK. COVER AND PAGES ARE IN LIKE NEW CONDITION. NO MARKS, RIPS OR FOLDS TO PAGES. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780060525019ISBN:0060525010
Description: HARPERCOLLINS, 2003. Hardcover. Number of pages: 346. Book Condition: Very Good. #1288100 Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780060525019ISBN:0060525010
Description: Published by HARPERCOLLINS in 2003. Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Reading copy ONLY #1262017 Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Avon Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780060525019ISBN:0060525010
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. NEAR FINE! 1st printing. Bright and colorful front cover. No distracting marks, store stamps, or creases in spine. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 352 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Avon Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780060525019ISBN:0060525010
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. 2003 Avon paperback. NOT EX LIB! Clean, bright pages, 1 bent page corner, spine is very lightly creased, mild edgewear. Good ++. Glued binding. 346 p. read more
"I only gave this 4 stars because of the last story, Tomcat, by Shirley Rousseau Murphy. It was the only story worth reading. The others, Dial M for Mom by Mary Daheim, Mother's Must Do by Carolyn Hart, and Proof is in the Patch by Jane Isenberg, were not all that good or interesting. I picked it up thinking I would enjoy other cozy mystery writers as well as Shirely Rousseau Murphy. The first three gets a *yawn* whereas the last one, Tomcat, gets the 4 stars."
"Four mini mysteries from four cozy writers. This was my first time reading anything by these authors.
Dial M for Mom by Mary Daheim ***** Judith McMonigle Flynn's Cousin Renie prepares for her children's weddings. All three taking place on the same day, the day before Mother's Day! Along with the craziness that comes with the weddings, there is a death and a mystery man sneaking around showing up in photos. I liked wondering about the mystery man. By the end, I was crying with joy. Wonderful story. I will read more by Mary Daheim.
Mothers Must Do by Carolyn Hart ** I did NOT like reading this one. I'm glad it wasn't the first story in the book or I wouldn't have read the others. I couldn't stand the main character, Annie Darling's mother-in-law, Laurel. Her thoughts went on and on about stuff that didn't have anything to do with anything (and kept telling herself to 'focus'). She calls everyone and their dog, Dear So-and-So, which is super annoying. She is so full of herself. And stupid. I spent the first half of the story rolling my eyes and yelling at how stupid she is. ~Let's see what I learned from Laurel... #1-If you watch a few episodes of Law and Order and read mysteries, you are an expert in crimes. Including covering up and solving them. #2-If an officer shows up to ask you some questions, bombard him with nonsensical babbling so that he might forget why he is there in the first place. #3-It's perfectly fine to mess with evidence and crime scenes as long as you have a good reason. After all, the police couldn't possibly solve a crime as well as you can. (See #1.) So you better throw them off track so that they don't get in your way.~ The story had way too many awkward sentences that I had to read more than once just to get the point. There was also a part in the middle of a paragraph where a section must have been deleted during revising and not cleaned up. Someone was talking. Then there were quotes which led me to believe that the speaker was done. But, no. He was starting again and it didn't make sense. What happened in between? I don't think I will read any more by Carolyn Hart.
The Proof Is in the Patch by Jane Isenberg **** Professor Bel Barrett tries her hand at nannying while trying to solve the murder of the previous nanny who was her student. The title doesn't have anything to do with the mystery, just that Bel wears an estrogen patch. ...Unless I missed something... I liked this story.
Tomcat by Shirley Rousseau Murphy * I hated this story! For starters, it took me a while to get used to the terrible southern language. Here is a little sample: "Those young'uns was more'n a handful..." "I'm a growed woman..." "...he might could have only acted like he was a-lookin'..." And it's like that through the whole thing. Awful!! It was a dumb story about dumb hicks. With cellphones!?! The cats were smarter than everyone. And I don't like cats."
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