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Annie is asked to stage a murder for the annual spring house tour sponsored by the Historical Society of Chastain, South Carolina. Her only problem is deciding which fictional murder to stage--until a corpse turns up in the town pond. The second Annie Laurance/Max Darling novel. Original. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Touch of the South, Oct 24 2003

By	Kevin Nelson "kevinandann2" (Orleans, Ontario) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Design for Murder (Mass Market Paperback)

Carolyn Hart write wonderful stories set in the South. I always like the way Annie name drops about detective fiction at the start and the beginning or each story, but rarely in the middle. I always wonder if the author does this on purpose or is just the way story develops. This is a find follow-up to Death On Demand, although there are parts that are overly predictable and
sterotypic.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Annie plans a mystery night, May 26 2002

By	Karen Potts (Lake Jackson, Texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Design for Murder (Mass Market Paperback)

Annie Laurance, proprietor of the book store Murder on Demand, is delighted to be asked to put on a mystery night as part of a celebration of the history of Chastain, South Carolina. She is not so pleased at the prospect when she meets Corinne Webster who is in charge of the event. Corinne is a rude and arrogant person who has made enemies of half of the town. It is not surprising, when Corinne is found dead, that there is no shortage of suspects. Unfortunately, the police chief focuses in on Annie as his main suspect and seems unwilling to look any further. As a result, Annie and her fiance, Max Darling, have extra motivation to solve this murder. Annie puts herself in danger by exposing the murderer and the ending is bittersweet.

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3.0 out of 5 stars So-so book in a series for lovers of mystery novels, April 16 2001

By	Carol Peterson Hennekens (Colorado Springs, CO United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Design for Murder (Mass Market Paperback)

I've read several books of the Annie and Max series and generally enjoy them immensely. I'm trying to fill the gaps in order. I'm glad I'd read several other books in this series first otherwise, I'd probably not read anymore.

Basically, Design for Murder, is too designed. The blueprint is laidout entirely too clearly to be entertaining. I know the classic cozy has a list of suspects but it felt like that list was repeated over and over and over again in this book. I second the reviewer who commented that it was hard to care who murdered the victim. Indeed, I was simply annoyed that it took about half of the book to knock the obnoxious woman off.

As for the "name-dropping", that is precisely the signature of this series. This is a series for mystery addicts to enjoy all of the references to writers and characters. I get about half of them and there's always a little sense of being "in the club" when I know what she's talking about. However, this is also the reason I haven't passed these books on to my husband. All the references to Poirot and Wimsey and the like wouldn't mean a thing to him.

Bottom-line: Not the best book in an otherwise good series.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointment after "Death on Demand"
I read "Death on Demand" (the first of this series) and absolutely loved it. Then I read this book, the second in the series, and it left me flat. Read more

Published on May 18 2000

3.0 out of 5 stars Literary Namedropping
Loving light mysteries with women sleuths, I recently purchased the Death on Demand series by Carolyn G Hart. Read more

Published on Nov 7 1999