- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: MIDNIGHT INK (April 8 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0738712493
- ISBN-13: 978-0738712499
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.7 x 1.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 249 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #615,422 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
At the start of Meade's diverting third Marjorie McClelland 1930s cozy (after 2007's Ghost of a Chance), Marjorie agrees to help an anxious young wife, Elizabeth Barnwell, find her missing husband, Michael. When Marjorie and her fiancé, wealthy Englishman Creighton Ashcroft, discover a dismembered body that turns out to be Michael's mistress, the philandering husband surfaces shortly thereafter and is arrested for murder. Marjorie, though, suspects the police have the wrong man. Meanwhile, the members of Marjorie's church in Ridgebury, Conn., have planned a wedding reception for her and Creighton complete with Mrs. Shutt's revolting Perfection Salad. Can they gracefully get out of this without hurting any feelings? While weak on period detail, this light whodunit does offer a surprise closing twist. (Apr.)
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"The sparkling Marjorie and her amiable beau make an engaging pair of sleuths in their third appearance." -- Kirkus "Kirkus Reviews"
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4.2 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews)
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
enjoyable historical mystery, April 2 2008
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Shadow Waltz (Paperback)
It is 1935 and the nation remains buried in the Great Depression, but author Marjorie McClelland and her rich fiancé Creighton Ashcroft barely feel its effects. They are making wedding plans when an interruption comes in the form of a knock on the door. Elizabeth Barnwell, who read about this couple solving two murders (see GHOST OF A CHANCE and MILLION DOLLAR BABY), begs them to find her missing husband Michael who vanished two days ago. They agree to help her; she tells them she found a mysterious key and a piece of paper with an address on it in a pocket of one of his pants.
They go to the address and find the butchered body of a woman whose face is smashed in, and her four extremities cut off. The house belongs to Ronnie Carter and a witness describes her lover as that of Michael. Marjorie and Creighton find him at his parents'' home where he proclaims his innocence. He is taken to jail. Marjorie learns that the victim's lover before Michael, Trent Taylor, is now a widower who made a fortune collecting a life insurance payout on his wife's death. Before she died, Ronnie accused Trent of poisoning his spouse; an autopsy proves his late wife had a deadly amount of arsenic in her system. Case closed except Marjorie thinks someone else has set up Trent, but her sleuthing almost gets her shot.
Since everyone in Ridgebury, Connecticut wants to get involved in the wedding, Marjorie buries herself into the investigation to avoid dealing with definitive decisions that people demand of her. Readers will feel like they are in the middle of a Tracey-Hepburn movie to include campy dialogue, misleading assumptions, and plenty of action. SHADOW WALTZ is a thoroughly enjoyable historical mystery that takes its audience dancing into a bygone era.
Harriet Klausner
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Ahhhh, the thirties, April 21 2010
By reader "fantasy maven" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Shadow Waltz (Paperback)
This book makes you believe you have gone back to a really mythical gentler time. Majorie is a mystery writer who lives in a small town and is making enough to get by in the Depression of the 1930's. Then into town arrives a rich, good-looking Englishman. Need I say, the scene is set. The story follows the mystery lines set by Agatha Christie and many others who wrote during the early part of the 20th century but it has endured. The book is funny, but it sometimes drags. All in all I recommend it for an afternoon of lazy summertime reading when you don't want to think too much and just want to enjoy a light, entertaining read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A light hearted read, Jan 9 2010
By B. Bryan "bookworm" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Shadow Waltz (Paperback)
This is a fun book, takes you to a different time and place. Very reminescent of the "Nick and Nora Charles" movies of the past.
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