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The new exhibit at the Philadelphia children's museum, Let's Play, isn't meant to be shocking-but when one of the installers is zapped with a fatal electrical charge, it's up to Nell to put her detective skills on display.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining, July 5 2011
By Books and Chocolate - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Let's Play Dead (Mass Market Paperback)
Nell Pratt, newly appointed president of the Pennsylvania Antiquarian Society in Philadelphia, has her hands full trying to hire new staff and learn the ins and outs of her job but reluctantly agrees to attend a sneak preview of the new Harriet the Hedgehog book series exhibit at the local children's museum. While there, one of the installers of the exhibit receives a severe electrical shock. He recovers, but when a second employee is electrocuted in the same area later, homicide is suspected. Nell ends up in the middle of the investigation in part because of being friends with the museum's president, and also because of a budding romance with FBI Special Agent James Morrison. In her search for a motive behind the apparent sabotage of the exhibit, Nell soon discovers harbored secrets among those involved that could make any one of them suspects for murder.This book isn't what I would call a "page-turner" but the storyline was ok for light and entertaining reading that doesn't require a lot of concentration. I would have liked to see more depth in the characters and less predictability in the outcome, but it was interesting enough for me to be willing to read the next installment in this series.
I received a copy of this book for review from the publisher but the opinion of it is my own and was not solicited, nor was a positive review required.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Could have been better, July 26 2011
By Ana Graham - Published on Amazon.com
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I love reading Sheila Connolly's books...I loved the last book "Fundraising the Dead". Normally I finish her books in a couple of days because I enjoy them that much. Sadly, this book took a couple of weeks. I found it a little slow and felt the ending was lacking. It was almost as if she could not get a proper ending, so she just threw in an ending. I will await the next book in this series and hope it is better.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Enjoyable mystery, July 5 2011
By Debbie - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Let's Play Dead (Mass Market Paperback)
"Let's Play Dead" is a cozy mystery. It's the second book in a series, but you don't need to read the first novel to understand this one. Also, I don't think this novel "spoiled" anything in the first novel if you read them out of order.There was a nice level of setting detail and woven in information about running museums. The characters were interesting, varied, and complex. Yet there was a "warm-fuzzy" feel to the whole thing that made the situations seem not entirely realistic. The low level of suspense was created by curiosity about how the murder was done, by who, and why.
"Whodunit" was guessable. I thought it was obvious from the start. The two others reading the book weren't convinced by my argument and thought that other characters were just as likely (which was true). I didn't correctly guess why "whodunit," though.
In my opinion, the ending left something to be desired. We're left with a feeling of "but we're not sure that's really what happened." Not to mention that it's not a "normal murder mystery." I think I would have been more okay with having a "realistic" whodunit solution if the interesting, complex situation hadn't been wrapped up with as many warm-fuzzies as possible.
There were no sex scenes. There was a minor amount of fake bad language and potentially offensive language (some people will consider it bad language, others won't) as well as some explicit bad language. Overall, it was an enjoyable novel even though not quite what I was expecting.
I received this book as a review copy from the publisher.
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