Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN num: 9780060545826
ISBN number: 0060545828
Label: Avon
Manufacturer: Avon
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 352
Printing Date: October 01, 2005
Publishing house: Avon
Release Date: September 27, 2005
Sale Popularity Level: 664476
Studio: Avon
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Carmel, California, antiques dealer Molly Doyle has an unerring eye for the rare and valuable - which is why she's been hired to assess and sell the contents of the home of the late parents of insufferable local heiress Frances O'Brien. The well-known Hollywood set designers had crammed their domicile with all manner of priceless antiquities and worthless junk. But the last thing Molly expects to find is a mummified corpse.
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I am a mystery buff and I especially enjoy those that feature art, or antiques. I bought the very first three Molly Doyle mysteries and started the very first one, but couldn't really get into is so I was a bit disappointed. Then I started reading this one because the plot sounded so interesting, with the connection to old Hollywood films, and I was hooked. Flinn has a great way of keeping the reader in suspense, and on the edge of your seat nearly the entire time. It also doesn't hurt that there is a little romance going on between Molly and the chief of police. This is also a great book for anyone who loves Carmel or the Central California coastal areas.
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I too really enjoyed the very first two books in this series and was saving this installment as one I was sure to love. But I had to skim the last 100 or so pages because I knew how it was going to turn out and the dialog wasn't fun or enjoyable to me. It may be true that Randall and Emma are true to life, but they're just not people I wanted to spend anymore time with. It's too often that teasing is confused with bulling and I think that Randal in particular was abusive and domineering towards the end, with the excuse of he's the cop so it's Ok.
Authority figures are tough to portray well, but authors can write characters as roll models. When there are those ideal authority figures, children can be children and that's very dimensional and rich. For Randal to be the love interest and not be nice to Molly is just un-excusable. And for Emma to be un-parented and friend to Molly is un-healthy.
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In the 3rd book in the Molly Doyle Mystery series, what begins like an antique lovers dream turns into a nightmare for Molly.
Molly has worked very hard to improve her life and increase her bank account. She has moved away from the forgery scandal that caused her to flee to Carmel, California and has been able to save some money from managing the small antiques store, Treasures. She has made some good friends in town, including police chief Randall, restaurant owner, Daria, and District Attorney, Lucero. She has taken on the responsibility of raising her niece, Emma and is teaching her the business. However, money has been tight since she had to repay two clients for forgeries she unwittingly sold them, and garage sales have produced little items of value. When Molly is asked to broker an estate sale in the former home of Hollywood set designers, she feels she has no choice but to take on this huge undertaking. Her efforts are thwarted, however, with the arrogance of the heir to the estate, and when a mummy is found in a hidden room, Molly is once again put in the "murder business". Was the mummy authentic, or does it really just hide more family secrets?
Having read both of the previous 2 books, I have to admit that I liked this book the least. I agree with previous reviews that Emma has become annoying, and I am waiting for her to go away to school in future installments. It is a bit unbelievable to me the way that Emma conducts herself...and the way she is constantly butting into conversations becomes distracting. I don't agree that she is spoiled, and she has endured a lot from her mother. However, I believe it is time for Emma to go back to school and go back to being more of a "kid".
I also would like to see Molly's sister return, and for Molly to somehow find the miniatures that were stolen. It seems as though there are quite a few unresolved issues in Molly's life...and I am looking forward to seeing these resolved in future installments.
The 1st book in the series is called "Dealing in Murder". Enjoy!
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The plot involves Molly, an antiques dealer in artsy, upper crust Carmel, California (yes, that's the town Clint Eastwood was mayor of). Molly is down on her luck and working in someone else's antique store (she's used to better things but her ex-husband was a crook who had an affair with their assistant and ruined her reputation with criminal behavior). She's also taking care of a niece that her sister left with her, and money is tight. She's asked to do an estate sale for an artist whose parents were a Hollywood couple with a fabulous home stuffed with valuable items to sell off. Molly doesn't like the artist but she ends up doing it anyway. A coffin with a skeleton in it is discovered, and it becomes clear that there's something odd about the house. Molly has a romantic relationship with the Chief of Police that mostly consists of misunderstandings and the pair of them fighting -- part of why I didn't like the book. It gets tiresome. I also found the religious part a bit excessive after a while. Actually, everything was a bit excessive except the antiques part, and I wish there had been more of that and less Italian food, precocious child, and sparring with policeman-boyfriend.
I guess by the time this book was over I was thinking I didn't like Molly very well. It seemed like she was being annoying and too quick to take offense. Also, there seemed to be a lot going on that had nothing to do with the plot (like the cat having kittens -- hellllloooo, has she never heard of vets? spaying cats who are allowed outside before they get pregnant? Pet overpopulation?)
If you've never read anything by this author, I recommend one of the two previous books instead.
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I love this series and have enjoyed Emma coming into the book. The only thing I have to say is WRITE FASTER. I'm anxious for the subsequent book!
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