Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780380799435
ISBN number: 038079943X
Label: Avon
Manufacturer: Avon
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 288
Printing Date: October 01, 1998
Publishing house: Avon
Release Date: October 01, 1998
Sale Popularity Level: 730920
Studio: Avon
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Tory Bauer is the quintessential diner waitress, slopping up greasy food with a hefty side order of cranky attitude. In Mourning Shift the goblins are out for Halloween, and Tory is crabbier than usual. Is it a trick when a mysterious old man dies in the cafe's restroom? Or is it a treat to find out the juicy gossip that he's the cafe owner's long estranged husband? The reluctant heroine saves the day again by discovering the identity of a killer.
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I loved the quirky main characters, each of them endearing in their own way. The dialogue is down to earth, and the writing is witty and light. The plot is full of clues, but the ending still comes as a surprise. This book is sure to please.
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Taylor's sleuth, Toby Bauer, is an overweight widowed waitress in a small cafe in a small town in north-east South Dakota. In this one the murder victim is her boss Aphrodite, whose long-lost husband has just turned up and promptly died.
This is light entertainment and not Great Writing. You have to tolerate cliches,corny sentimentality, and holding up of action for the very first person narrator to reminisce and philosophise. The humour is home-spun.In earlier ones in the series there were some terribly poorly constructed plots and clunky writing but Taylour seems to have learned on the job and this is a tightly plotted mystery that builds up suspense and keeps the pages turning.
Incidentally, Lutheran Sunday schools can't have being doing a very good job if Toby Bauer thinks Moses preached the Sermon on the Mount.
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After this book, I became a Tory Bauer fan and will look for the other books in this series. Tory is a bright, smart-alecky, lovable character that you root for. The story was very well thought out, and the ending was quite a surprise. I never would have guessed it. All in all, quite entertaining.
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After this book, I became a Tory Bauer fan and will look for the other books in this series. Tory is a bright, smart-alecky, lovable character that you root for. The story was very well thought out, and the ending was quite a surprise. I never would have guessed it. All in all, quite entertaining.
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What a great series. I am so puzzled by one reader's trashing of this book on political reasons?? I always thought if you didn't like a book, put it down, don't insult others who might enjoy it. Which I certainly did!!
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