- Paperback: 401 pages
- Publisher: Wheeler Publishing; Lrg edition (May 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1410425096
- ISBN-13: 978-1410425096
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.7 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 358 g
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Reading with Tequila, Feb 21 2010
By Jennifer Sicurella - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dusted To Death (Hardcover)
Dusted to Death is the 8th book in the Maid-for-a-Day series. This time around Charlotte is working with Hollywood-type people who have come to New Orleans to film a new movie. The lead actress's boyfriend is murdered and Charlotte sets out to find the killer.Things end predictably when Charlotte was attacked by the killer and had to physically fight them off, as is the case with just about every title in this series. She's a 60-something woman who constantly prevails over much younger attackers and survives to clean another day. In an unexpected move, the lead detective begins taking Charlotte seriously as a would-be detective. I found this annoying. The police, including Charlotte's niece, constantly tell her not to get involved and yet this time, they're all but literally patting her on the back for meddling. The huge positive in Dusted to Death was that I had no idea who the killer was until they were finally revealed.
Barbara Colley writes a very good mystery, which seems to be the only reason I continue reading this series. I have no love for Charlotte. She is forever chiding others for their swearing, bringing up "the Lord" at seemingly random occasions and is strangely clueless about her would-be relationship with her neighbor, Louis. She's an older woman that I could not stand to be around. She grates on me to the point where I kind of wish one of the killers would just do her in already.
There were a lot of tiny personal annoyances and many situations that seemed highly unrealistic, but Dusted to Death does contain a compelling mystery. Perhaps the Maid-for-a-Day series would be a better fit for a generation or two older than myself.
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my 1st charlotte larue, Dec 3 2010
By gabrielle abrams - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dusted To Death (Hardcover)
i bought the paperback from amazon.it cause i liked the title.it's funny and good clean fun about some likeable real people.there isn't much suspense but it doesn't matter.i like the new orleans background and the heroine.will probably get her other books.
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Glad the series is over, Mar 13 2012
By Annabella Prieto - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Dusted To Death (Mass Market Paperback)
I read all 8 books in the Carlotte LaRue series, mainly because as a transplanted New Orleanian, I enjoyed reading about the City. I enjoyed the first 7 in spite of the fact that they became somewhat repetitive, however, I enjoyed the relationships between Charlotte, her son Hank, niece Judith, her sister, Louis, etc. Unfortunately, all those family members were barely mentioned in the last book. Once again, the "mystery" was a bit over the top and Charlotte's approach to solving it was predictable. Although I will not reveal the end, I found it forced, really coming out of nowhere. I feel Ms Colley got tired of writing about the same character and ran out of fresh ideas.
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