- Hardcover: 198 pages
- Publisher: St Martins Pr; 1 edition (July 1988)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0312017952
- ISBN-13: 978-0312017958
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.7 x 0.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
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From Publishers Weekly
At the urging of a friend, Fort Worth police detective Deb Ralston attends a house party given by aging Margali Bowman, a much married former film star. The friend, Fara Johnson, is Margali's daughter, and she worries that her mother is either drinking herself to death or going crazy. Tensions run high: Margali claims someone is trying to kill her; Margali's son, Jimmy Messick, appears to be on drugs; Fara's evangelist husband, Edward, seems to disapprove of everything; and Sam Lang, Margali's first and also latest husband, tries to keep things calm. Meanwhile, Deb copes with a first pregnancy at age 42 but still hasn't been able to inform her boss. When Margali is murdered, Deb gets the case. Much of the investigation turns on community property laws and questions about the deaths of Margali's two former husbands. This delightful novel is the third in Martin's engaging series (Too Sane a Murder, A Conspiracy of Strangers) about a modern woman who is not a strident feminist but takes on a nontraditional job. A single complaint: one would think a police detective might be able to find cases outside her circle of family and friends.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
In her third outing, police detective Debra Ralston attends a weekend birthday party for former movie star and now aging drunkMargali Bowman Lang. Unfortunately, someone murders Lang in a small theater/bookshop peopled with family, associates, and, of course, Debra. Confusion about the location of Lang's latest will, a previous attempt at poisoning her, and discoveries about several of her ex-husbands temper Debra's investigative theorizing. Only mildly amusing, with inconsequential plot and considerable conjecture by the narrator.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Not my fave in the series but still good...., Aug 31 2007
By Deborah Wiley - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Murder at the Blue Owl (Paperback)
How did she get herself into this mess? All Detective Deb Ralston wanted to do was relax and enjoy a weekend long birthday bash for Margali Bowman, a former movie star and the mother of Deb's childhood friend Fara. Instead, she finds all sorts of underlying intrigues leading up to a closed room murder of Margali. Will Deb uncover the identity of the murderer?MURDER AT THE BLUE OWL is an excellent throwback to the old locked room mystery classics. There are numerous red herrings as even Margali herself is not without blame in the clever machinations of this storyline. The plot only gets more and more devious as Lee Martin carefully unveils the details.
MURDER AT THE BLUE OWL has a whole host of extraordinarily odd and twisted characters. Each trail Deb follows leads her on to yet another perverse set of circumstances. The identity of the murderer isn't easily discerned, making for quite a fascinating read.
Lee Martin's series featuring Detective Deb Ralston survives the test of time as the stories remain interesting, despite being published quite some time ago. While this is not my favorite of the series, it is still well worth the time to read.
COURTESY OF CK2S KWIPS AND KRITIQUES
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