In the second charming Jane Lawless mystery, the winter solstice nears and Jane, a Minneapolis restaurateur, is invited to spend the week at Fothergill Inn, a Victorian house-turned B&B. Jane`s old friend Leigh has spent years renovating the house and reopening it as an inn and restaurant. The inn has become so successful that people drive the fifty miles from Minneapolis just for dinner. But when Jane and her best friend, Cordelia, arrive for a week of relaxation, they find that the weekend`s guests are anything but pleased, and that relaxing is the furthest thing from their minds. Broken glass litters the parking lot, dead animals turn up in the bedrooms, a bomb scare threatens the lives of the inn`s guests&mdashthere is no doubt that someone is trying to scare the visitors. Then the pranks take a deadly turn when a customer ends up dead, and Jane must help her friend get to the bottom of these malicious and murderous events&mdashbefore someone else dies.
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Ellen Hart, multiple Lambda Award winner and two-time Minnesota Book Award winner, is the author of twelve Jane Lawless mysteries, including most recently An Intimate Ghost, and the Sophie Greenway mystery series. She lives in Minneapolis.
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I've zipped through the whole Jane Lawless series over the past month, and I liked this title the most. She kept me guessing about who-done-it until the very end.
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This is the first book I happened to read in the Jane Lawless series; I found it at a local bookstore earlier this year and bought it because, much to my delighted surprise, the protagonist was a lesbian. My delight continued as I read the book. Jane is wonderful and believable; the mystery is believable and well-plotted.
My only problem with the book was that I would have wanted a bit more of the lesbian element brought out. On the other hand, Jane was portrayed as a regular gal; her sexual preference was not a big deal or particularly unusual in the book. Perhaps this is how it should be in real life as well. At any rate, I give high marks and many kudos to this book. All mystery lovers (especially "cozy" mystery fans) will enjoy it. I can't wait to read the rest of Ellen Hart's Jane Lawless series.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Love at first read!
Oct 3 1999
By V. Alannah Davis-O'Dell
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is the first book I happened to read in the Jane Lawless series; I found it at a local bookstore earlier this year and bought it because, much to my delighted surprise, the protagonist was a lesbian. My delight continued as I read the book. Jane is wonderful and believable; the mystery is believable and well-plotted.
My only problem with the book was that I would have wanted a bit more of the lesbian element brought out. On the other hand, Jane was portrayed as a regular gal; her sexual preference was not a big deal or particularly unusual in the book. Perhaps this is how it should be in real life as well. At any rate, I give high marks and many kudos to this book. All mystery lovers (especially "cozy" mystery fans) will enjoy it. I can't wait to read the rest of Ellen Hart's Jane Lawless series.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Solid Novel
Mar 11 2006
By Venice J. Rembold
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Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have no idea where Amazon got the sub-title "Selected Writings". This is a terrific, solid novel as are all in the Jane Lawless series. It is not Ellen Hart's selected writings.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Vital Lies (Jane Lawless Series)
Mar 22 2013
By Paulette L. Robertson
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Format:Kindle Edition
This the second of Ellen Hart's books that I have read. She is wonderful. She tells her story without all that descriptive garbage you get in so many books. She briefly describes the room or scene but she uses her words to tell what needs telling. I hope she continues the Jane Lawless Series for many many years.
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