- Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Avon (Feb 10 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0060537981
- ISBN-13: 978-0060537982
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.8 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 136 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,162,774 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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“...as cozy as it is cunning with cleaning tips galore and a simply wonderful domestic goddess on the scene.” (Mystery Scene )
“DEATH OF A DOMESTIC DIVA is an immaculate conception, and more importantly, good clean fun!” (Mary Kay Andrews )
“Sharon Short’s Josie Toadfern is wonderfully quirky.” (Jill Churchill )
“DEATH OF A DOMESTIC DIVA is an immaculate conception, and more importantly, good clean fun!” (Mary Kay Andrews )
“Sharon Short’s Josie Toadfern is wonderfully quirky.” (Jill Churchill )
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The third delightful installment in the cozy series starring small town laundromat owner and amateur sleuth Josie Toadfern––"Sharon Short's appealing heroine Josie Toadfern sparkles." ––Carolyn Hart
Paradise, Ohio, laundromat owner Josie Toadfern is content with her life. She loves owning her own business (especially because she learns everyone in town's dirty little secrets from their dirty little clothes); she has plenty of friends, she has a beloved cousin she dotes on; and her blossoming romance with a professor named Owen Logan is about to hit full bloom. She's even earning some extra money by renting out the second apartment over her laundromat to a nice young couple who own a New Age bookshop and Tarot Card reading room in town.
But when a psychic who is in town for the upcoming Paradise Psychic Fair stops Josie on the street and warns her of impending danger and sorrow in the small town, Josie worries she may just be right. For Josie's nice young boarders and their New Age friends who are attending the Psychic Fair have the more conservative Paradisites pitted against them, and an economic downturn has hit local businesses. But when Josie and Owen stumble upon a body one dark night, it seems that matters are much more grave than anyone expected. And what's worse, another gruesome murder may be in the cards...
o o Great for fans of mysteries populated with fun and wacky characters and capers. With a small, seemingly quiet and unsuspecting town, a cast of screwball characters, and a sassy, hilarious heroine, this is a delightful take on the village mystery. Josie Toadfern's "Stain Buster" column appears at the end of the book. In hilarious detail, the column provides stain tips and helpful hints for all the messes that the characters have gotten themselves into. This column will appear in each book in the series.
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3.3 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews)
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very good mystery..., Mar 16 2005
By Detra Fitch - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Death In The Cards: A Stain-Busting Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)
In Paradise, Ohio, Josie Toadfern is a laundromat owner and the local stain removal expert. This time, instead of a bake competition piling up bodies, it is a psychic fair.
Josie has rented out the second apartment over her laundromat to a couple that owns the New Age bookshop and Tarot Card reading room in town. The Paradise Psychic Fair is coming up and soothsayers seem to be everywhere. One even tells Josie that danger approaches.
Major tension fills the air as the more conservative town residents go head-to-head with the New Age groups. Then, you guessed it, Josie literally stumbles across a body.
**** If you enjoyed "Death By Deep Dish Pie" then you will love this one as well. This mystery is a bit easier to figure out than Sharon Short's last, but readers will still find it challenging. Very good reading here. ****
Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Clean Fun, April 30 2006
By Heather Webber - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Death In The Cards: A Stain-Busting Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)
A psychic fair, a corn maze, a murder AND stain tips...another great read from Sharon Short! Josie's finally coming into her own, her friends are a hoot, and I can't wait to see what happens with Owen. Looking forward to Sharon's next book!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good pacing but too sketchy, Feb 23 2006
By S. M. Tucker "str8stuf, ravenous reader" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Death In The Cards: A Stain-Busting Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)
The plot line wasn't bad and the pace was very good but the writing was disappointing. The repartee wasn't remotely scintillating and the remainder of the language had little or no spark. There wasn't enough character development though I must admit I believe that was because the author had to keep within a word limit on the writing. Josie, the main character, has interesting and colorful friends and the situation she has with her significant other is intriguing. I imagine the second book in the series will be better. If it isn't I won't buy the third but this author deserves two chances.
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