- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Prime Crime (MM) (July 5 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0425197166
- ISBN-13: 978-0425197165
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,839,376 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Who killed Judy Catcher and where did the diamonds come from,
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This review is from: Murder Is A Girls Best Friend (Paperback)
Paige Turner is such a great character. It's 1954 in New York. Her late husband's army buddy, Terry Catcher, shows up and asks her to help him find out who murdered his sister, Judy. Plus he has diamonds he found when he was cleaning up her apartment. He doesn't know where they came from. When he showed them to the police, they wanted to keep them and he left when they weren't looking, with the diamonds, of course.Her new boyfriend, Detective Dan Street, has forbidden her from trying to help solve any more crimes. But, she can't turn down Terry. He had been close to Bob. So, she started doing some investigation. She had to be very careful when talking to Dan. She didn't want him to know. Her best friend and neighbor, Abby, helped her. So did Terry. But they had to keep Terry disguised so he wouldn't get arrested. They end up putting themselves in lots of danger, as they work to find out who killed Judy and why. Plus Christmas is fast approaching. Can Paige stay alive and in one piece for Christmas? I truly enjoy this series. Paige is such a likable character. Her relationship with Abby is wonderful. They are close friends, but they have their own lives, too. They're always there to help each other out when needed. Paige's new relationship with Dan is good. This book doesn't really expand on that. I'm hoping that future books will. Sometimes I find it difficult to read when she is in her office. I hate the way her co-workers and boss treat her, but then I just remember that it is the 1950s. I think this book is written well. Especially getting that feeling of the 50s across. I tend to read books set in the now so this is a refreshing change. I highly recommend this book and the previous book, Murderers Prefer Blondes.
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superb 1950s New York amateur sleuth,
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This review is from: Murder Is A Girls Best Friend (Paperback)
Mystery author and staff writer for Daring Detective magazine Paige Turner is at work when Terence Catcher calls and asks her to meet him. She hesitates until he tells her that her late husband Bob, who died in Korea, was his best friend and he wants to tell her about his last days. When Paige arrives at the restaurant, Terry tells her how Bob gave him confidence when he was scared and lifted his spirits when he was depressed. He then goes on to explain that his sister was murdered in her apartment and the police think it was a robbery gone wrong and closed the case.Terry is positive his sister's death had to do with the diamond jewelry hidden in a container of oatmeal. Paige tries to wiggle out of helping him because she knows her police officer boyfriend would be furious with her. In the end, she agrees to find the killer because Terry was Bob's friend. Asking questions and following clues results in Paige almost dying when someone throws her on the train tracks; her apartment is broken into; and a viable suspect is killed. If that is not traumatic enough, the killer shoots Paige as the perpetrator demands the amateur sleuth tell where the diamonds are located. December 1954 in Manhattan is a trip down memory lane and Amanda Matetsky captures the ambience of the era to perfection. The heroine's friend Abby makes a perfect crime-solving partner and some of their adventures are funny. Readers will thoroughly enjoy MURDER IS A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND because of Paige, Abby, and 1950s New York. Harriet Klausner
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4.6 out of 5 stars (15 customer reviews) 10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the Best Mystery Series On the Market,
By Erika Sorocco - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Murder Is A Girls Best Friend (Paperback)
Twenty-eight-year-old Paige Turner just wants to make it through the Christmas season alive. After all, with all of the crime on the streets in New York City, and the hustle and bustle of Christmas shoppers, the holidays can really take a toll on your health. Especially if it's the year 1954, and you're a woman working at a pulp mystery magazine known as DARING DETECTIVE, and all you want is for your Detective boyfriend, Dan Street, to be supportive of your chosen career. But suddenly the Christmas holidays take a turn for the worst, when an old army buddy, known as Terry, of Paige's now-deceased husband shows up, asking for her help in solving the crime of his little sister's murder. Terry knows that his sister wasn't the victim of a simple robbery, she was murdered, and he knows why, for he found a stash of diamonds hidden in a box of oatmeal. Obviously it's exactly what the murderer was looking for. Now the killer is watching Paige's every move, waiting for the perfect time to strike.
Amanda Matetsky has created on of the most interesting, and intriguing mystery characters ever. Paige is an enjoyable new character, whose crazy quirks will have all readers laughing out loud, while at the same time itching to find out who the killer is. Paige's fantastic friends, and snoopy personality will keep the pages of this book turning until the very end. A must-read mystery, even for those who don't normally read books from the mystery genre. Erika Sorocco Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful Mystery Book,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Murder Is A Girls Best Friend (Paperback)
Paige Turner is a spit fire young woman living in the 50's and working as a writer for a detective magazine. She gets a lot of grief about her name, especially where she works. She works with all men who expect her to wait on them and do most of the work while they laugh and slack off. The thoughts she thinks about them inside her head are funny! She gets caught up in a murder mystery and goes out to try to solve it herself and you can't put the book down! There's swearing which was disappointing. Otherwise, great book!
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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One of the Most Delightful Mystery Series!,
By K. A. Stevenson "WIAPilot" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Murder Is A Girls Best Friend (Paperback)
I was actually reading another novel when the second book in the "Paige Turner Mystery Series" arrived from Amazon. I soon just gave up trying to get involved in the other book as "Murder Is a Girl's Best Friend" beckoned me.
The saga continues when her late husband's army buddy appears and asks her to help him investigate his kid sister's murder. A lot of thoughts come to the surface for Paige as she was deeply in love with her husband when he was killed in the Korean War. Yes - they were only married for 3 months, but Paige was devastated. Amanda Matetsky very ACCURATELY depicts Paige as a woman of the 50's. Paige doesn't NEED a man; rather she is portrayed as a loving, caring woman. Actually, Paige is quite a lot more independent than most women of the 1950's, most whose identities were very closely formed to the men in their lives. Matetsky also very accurately has researched the jargon and headlines of the detective magazines of that period, who were a little more "scandalous" in their use of words such as "rape" than most of the newspapers of that period. This series transports the reader back to New York in the 1950's in a charming manner, that is not ridiculous or silly in the least. Paige Turner is a character that you will LIKE. Abby is great as the uninhibited close friend and neighbor as well. I really look forward to the next Paige Turner mystery! |
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