- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Delphi Books (September 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0976518570
- ISBN-13: 978-0976518570
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.4 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 340 g
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Kantor's Department Store calls Marissa back from a seminar when a co-worker discovers the body of her ex-husband's fiance at Marissa's desk. When the police find evidence that points to a killer within the department store, Marissa is drawn into the investigation. Her closeness with her ex-husband, spurred by their son's illness, complicates both the investigation and her relationship with her current police boyfriend. "Light and charming ... the mystery is satisfying" Oakland Press
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Recommended for an enjoyable read, Oct 1 2004
By Dianna L. Bingham - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Scent of Murder (Paperback)
Jeffrey Marks has taken a step aside from General Grant and his post Civil War historical mysteries and written a modern mystery with an ordinary setting (a shopping mall). Marissa Scott is the manager of the Cosmetics Department in Kantor's Department Store where someone is playing perfume-related pranks. So far, it's only an inconvenience; but when a perfume model is found murdered in Marissa's office, things turn deadly serious. Since the model is that of the woman who broke up her marriage and the body is found in Marissa's office, she's the police department's number one suspect. Added to the mix is a ruthless boss, a sick child, a grieving ex-husband and a boyfriend who wants to rush her into marriage. As if Marissa's life isn't complicated enough, there's another murder. The police seem to be looking in all the wrong directions and Marissa decides to find out for herself just what is going on and because of the character of the dead woman, there are plenty of suspects.I enjoyed this book and I really liked Marissa. The author has written a well crafted mystery in which Marissa's back story is very much an integral part of the plot. I particularly liked the fact that she didn't stupidly put herself in harm's way, she let the police know anything she found out and her actions and reactions were that of an ordinary, intelligent woman working out her problems, even if one problem was murder. The story clips along as in between dealing with her personal life, she delves into the whys and wherefores of who might have hated her enough to implicate her in the two murders.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
the Scent of Murder, Dec 14 2004
By Anne K. Edwards "AKE" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Scent of Murder (Paperback)
A fun read about the goings-on in a busy shopping mall that climax in murder in a department store. Is the scented vandalism connected with the murder? That's what Marissa has to answer when the body of the woman who stole her husband is found draped over her desk. Marissa must find the murderer to keep herself from being charged with murder. An ailing child, an incompetent boss and others add to her problems making the situation almost chaotic. I recommend this book to any mystery fan. Lots of false trails and suspects.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
For mystery fans!, Jun 23 2006
By Armchair Interviews - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Scent of Murder (Paperback)
Kantor's Department store has been the victim of yet another prank involving vandalizing personnel and store property. First, the new general manager's convertible was drenched in the new perfume line "Paradise," the coffee machine is serving Paradise instead of cappuccino--and now the body of a young woman has been discovered at the desk of perfume department manager Marissa Scott.Marissa Scott's life has become more complicated--after a bitter divorce, her ex-husband announced his impeding marriage to a younger woman--the same woman who has been found stabbed multiple times. Marissa becomes the obvious suspect of Police Sergeant Bandarra as well as her ex-husband. Now she must not only keep her department moral from slipping farther, she must find the clues that lead to the real killer.
Jeffery Marks has penned a fast-moving whodunit with a cast of characters as colorful and unique as the perfume bottles sold at Kantor's. Any one of them had the motive to commit a hideous crime.
Just when I believed I had identified the murderer, they were exonerated. Racing to the end, the true murderer and their motivation were revealed. As a general rule I do not read murder mysteries however The Scent of Murder kept my interest right to the end.
Armchair Interviews would recommend this book to avid mystery readers and those who are being introduced to this genre for its cozy writing style and colorful character studies.
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