- Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Avon; 1st mmpb edition (Oct 5 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0060577517
- ISBN-13: 978-0060577513
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.7 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,783,433 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Isenberg's latest Bel Barrett mystery glows with heart, humor and hot flashes. One winter night, elderly pigeon fancier Dominic Tomaselli falls off a Hoboken roof and dies of exposure. His daughter suspects foul play and calls in Professor Bel Barrett, who teaches the senior memoir class Dominic attended. An inveterate sleuth, Bel welcomes distraction from the chagrins of menopause and the challenge of planning a wedding (to longtime live-in love Sol) that will accommodate her army of friends and relatives without breaking the bank. Drawing on the class's memoirs and the help of her staunch female pals, Bel slowly untangles the truth about Dom's death—and gets happily wed as well. Her investigation is low-key at best (strategy: chat with suspects and sources constantly, preferably over snacks), but the book's sharp-eyed energy more than compensates for the mystery's mildness. Beautifully drawn, Bel tackles everything from meddlesome kids to stress incontinence with zesty honesty. Thoughtful references to the human cost of urban gentrification, the complexities of elder care and the lingering aftermath of 9/11 anchor her playful ruminations; underneath its comedy, the book is a surprisingly nuanced look at the way individual lives and communities survive difficult transitions.
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Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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“Funny, fast-moving.” (Seattle Times )
“Glows with heart, humor and hot flashes.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review) )
“Bel Barrett is an absolute delight.” (Romantic Times BOOKclub )
“Glows with heart, humor and hot flashes.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review) )
“Bel Barrett is an absolute delight.” (Romantic Times BOOKclub )
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4.3 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Guaranteed Enjoyment, Jan 2 2005
By Annette Hollander - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hot On The Trail (Mass Market Paperback)
Jane Isenberg's newest Bel Barrett mystery "Hot on the Trail" is a page-turner that provides both suspense and laughs. Our witty sleuth is so realistic she feels like an old friend. Many of the situations Bel finds herself in will be very familiar to women over 50, which makes them even more interesting and funny. Just don't start this book when you have a lot of work to do.
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A perfect plane book, Oct 17 2005
By Rachel Stoner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hot On The Trail (Mass Market Paperback)
Hot on the Trail is an upbeat, fun read that brings me back to Hoboken,all those pigeons, two dead bodies, and that special brand of NJ politics! Finally, Bel and Sol get married and what a neat surprise the wedding is. Take this book on your next flight and enjoy!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
charming romantic amateur sleuth mystery, Oct 27 2004
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hot On The Trail (Mass Market Paperback)
Tenured Professor Bel Barrett carries a full load of classes at the River Edge Community College in Jersey City, but she takes on even more work when she intervenes to teach a memoir writing class at the Senior Center. Her live-in-lover Sol wants her to set a wedding date and start making plans but Bel finds herself putting him off because the thought of planning a wedding exhausts her. As a post-menopause woman, Bel has stopped using the estrogen potion and has trouble maintaining bladder control.
While she deals with all these demands, a student in her class Flora Tomaselli tells Bel that fellow student Dom is dead. He went up to the roof in his pajamas, fell down, and froze to death. Flora also thinks her father was murdered by her uncle Emilio who owed him a large sum of money and wants Bel to prove it. Bel who always comes alive during criminal investigations agrees but Emilio has an airtight alibi and there are suspects closer to home.
Bel Barrett does for Hoboken what Stephanie Plum does for Trenton. This is an upbeat amateur sleuth tale in which the major characters are in their fifties. Jane Isenberg makes it clear that life does not stop once a person reaches the half century mark; it just gets better. If the heroine is any example that is certainty true because she has a lust for life and an appreciation of it that younger people don't have. HOT ON THE TRAIL is a charming romantic amateur sleuth mystery.
Harriet Klausner
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