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Linda Shelnutt, April 16, 2006 (view all comments by Linda Shelnutt)
Sizzling Story. Butterscotch Mystery. Movie Material.

The natural flow of the opening of this novel gives the effect of setting out into a fresh, colorful story, even more than the sense of settling into a complex novel, though this 13th offering in the Amalfi series accomplishes both at grand prize levels. For me, a story offers all that is high magic in fiction; it goes beyond what a novel is, into realms of wonder & rainbows, like being in Oz instead of KS, without losing KS.

In RED HOT MURDER, Joanne has worked the classic mystery genre to its hilt, without losing the warmth and wholeness her series has developed and maintained, which is not often found in the classic/pure mystery offerings. Pence?s style in this book seems to have turned to a rich butterscotch, compared to previous offerings. That flavor allowed a more sophisticated & fascinating interweaving of subplots around main plot. The intense style flavoring also allowed the characters to come forth even more naturally and intensely than in prior books, though this observation does not diminish anything I?ve raved about prior novels in this series. Still, I was more deeply involved than my norm in the reading of this story, and I?m still digging for details as to why.

I found myself measuring the remaining page thickness, not wanting to pass the half-way mark, because I wanted to be IN the reading of RHM for a long time. I didn?t want to finish it and leave the characters and situations. They were as entertaining as a good video, yet as rich and privately satisfying as a novel.

I was intrigued by the development of the historic Waldorf chef machinations intertwining to the Jackpot historic intrigue of ghosts from stagecoaches doing Bermuda Triangle dips, with all that connected to Angie?s current work on her menu for the upcoming annual event in Jackpot.

The resolution of a legendary, coveted gourmet notebook was fantastic. That side of the real gourmet world, in the ultra-strange tastes and entrees, was well presented; I don't recall ever seeing this dark side of gourmet brought into a culinary offering before.

Watch this book. It?s going places. You?ll want to carry it in your bright, gypsy bandwagon, and store it in your mind where prime entertainment dwells in time-honored luxury.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780060758059

Author:

Pence, Joanne

Publisher:

Avon Books

Author:

by Joanne Pence

Subject:

Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths

Series:

Angie Amalfi Mysteries

Publication Date:

February 2006

Binding:

Mass Market Paperbound

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Pages:

356

Dimensions:

686x418x102 39