Honeymoon with Murder (Death on Demand Mysteries, No. 4)
The murder of sleazy/disreputable Jesse Penrick interrupts Annie and Max Darling's honeymoon when Annie's friend, desperate for assistance, phones her. The friend's subsequent disappearance galvanizes the island of Broward's Rock (off the Carolinas), precipitates the involvement of a gaggle of sleuths, and provides for the author's frequent allusions to various mysteries (Annie runs the Death on Demand mystery bookstore). The literary references fall a bit thick, as do appendant crimes, batty characters, cliches, and extended "important" messages. True mystery devotees should love this.
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Loving this re-read of the Death on Demand series. I love books with pop culture references in them - Ready Player One being a great example of 80s nerdy pop references - and Hart does an excellent job of scattering a plethora of mystery refences, from Christie to Grafton, both obliquely and blatantly. Having grown up reading mysteries I find this endlessly enjoyable. This particular tale is a very good mystery, with a satisfying denouement à la Dame Agatha.
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