- Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Kensington; Reprint edition (Mar 27 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0758204639
- ISBN-13: 978-0758204639
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.4 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #560,126 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
In McKevett's entertaining if predictable 11th Savannah Reid mystery (after 2005's Murder à la Mode), the California PI teams up with her police buddy, Dirk Coulter, to locate the titular Suzette Du Bois, a prominent plastic surgeon who went missing right before the grand opening of her new salon and surgery, Emerge. Suzette's business partner and ex-husband is desperate to locate her, because she has absconded with his money—lots of it. Savannah and Dirk must crack an anonymous offshore account and make a quick trip to a swanky resort island in their hunt for answers. Folded into the intrigue is a bit of social commentary, as full-figured Savannah gently critiques a beauty industry that values thinness and angles over girth and curves. (May)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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"A well-constracted mystery with several surprising twists that keep the reader guessing till the end."
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4.6 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews)
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Review by Marja McGraw as it appeared in the Mohave Valley Daily News - 6/22/06, Jun 23 2006
By A. McGraw "M. McGraw" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Corpse Suzette (Hardcover)
CORPSE SUZETTE by G.A. McKevett is the eleventh in the Savannah Reid Mystery series. One of the delights of this series is that you can read each book independently of the others and still understand the characters and situations.Savannah, transplanted from Georgia, is a police officer turned private investigator in San Carmelita, California. Her wit and southern wisdom are a hit in this series.
Police detective and close friend Dirk Coulter and Savannah share information, stakeouts, food and adventures in this series, along with her vegetarian assistant, Tammy. Do you have the feeling that food is important in this series? It is, but it's not a story with recipes. Savannah and Dirk simply enjoy eating.
Voluptuous or a little overweight, depending on your point of view, Savannah likes herself and good food. She can't understand why women would diet and torture themselves with surgery to slim down. When Tammy invites her heavyset cousin for a visit after winning a makeover contest for her, Savannah's world takes a new turn. Tammy has asked Savannah to host Cousin Abigail at her home because Tammy doesn't have room.
Abigail is touchy about her weight situation and more than a little ornery. When Abigail suddenly decides to cooperate and claim her prize, everyone is suspicious of her motives; especially after Suzette Du Bois, the plastic surgeon at San Carmelita's new luxury spa, disappears.
Sure that Ms. Du Bois is dead, Savannah and Dirk take on the missing person case along with various employees at the spa, including Du Bois' ex-husband who swears she's hiding because she stole money from him. Then there's Myrna Cooper, receptionist at the spa, who has a permanent look of surprise on her face from too many anti-aging procedures. Include a snippy publicist and ambitious style consultant and you have quite an interesting group of suspects. And don't forget Abigail, who didn't really want the makeover in the first place.
When one of the suspects is murdered, things begin to escalate. Savannah would like nothing more than to solve the case and settle down with a friendly strawberry margarita and a snack. But business comes first.
Ms. McKevett creates a flock of interesting characters, and manages to create a Hitchcock"esque" ending as this case is resolved.
If you're looking for memorable characters, a fun and interesting story with a touch of humor, try Savannah Reid in CORPSE SUZETTE by G.A. McKevett. (Kensington Books, May, 2006, ISBN #0-7582-0462-0)
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Missing persons or homicide?, Nov 18 2006
By Thomas Duff "Duffbert" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Corpse Suzette (Hardcover)
To get totally caught up on the Savannah Reid series, I picked up Corpse Suzette by G. A. McKevett from the library the other day. And as per normal, the characters and story line didn't disappoint...This installment centers around a luxury spa and a missing plastic surgeon. Savannah's partner, Tammy, won a contest for a complete makeover and surgery session for her cousin Abigail. Abby is quite overweight and bitter, and really wants no part of this. She grudgingly goes along with everything, but the big name plastic surgeon goes missing the day before the big event. The surgeon, Suzette Du Bois (and the source of the title pun), is nowhere to be found, and San Carmelita detective Dirk Coulter doesn't know if he's investigating a missing persons or a homicide case. Without the star surgeon, the spa is sure to go under, and everyone working at the spa looks like a potential suspect if Du Bois is indeed dead. Savannah has to balance her identity as a private detective and a (phony) reporter to get staff to talk with her, and each new revelation points to a different likely killer. But things really get complex when Du Bois' cheating husband, a very likely suspect, turns up dead himself. The missing Du Bois could now be a killer herself, and there's no telling where she might be and why she left...
This particular story had an ending I certainly didn't see coming. And I pretty much had to read it all the way through in order to find out "who dun it". The side story running through the whole novel is Abigail's outlook on her overweight body and how it's made her so negative. With Savannah's southern charm and common sense, she's able to break Abigail out of the mental outlook she's trapped in, and actually bring about some very positive changes (without undergoing the knife). That undercurrent is a little preachy at times, but it doesn't get in the way of a pretty good story. A quick read, and one that was good for a few hours of mindless escape...
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Savannah and crew are back, May 24 2006
By M.V. - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Corpse Suzette (Hardcover)
I just love the interaction between the characters in these books. Savannah ends up solving a mystery (or a couple of them) at a Spa. The mystery is light, but not to light, with lots of Southern charm. A big plus is that you don't have to read these books in order (imho), but once you have read one, you will have to read all of them. Highly recommended.
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