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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780451213327
ISBN number: 0451213327
Label: Signet
Manufacturer: Signet
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 288
Printing Date: October 05, 2004
Publishing house: Signet
Release Date: October 05, 2004
Sale Popularity Level: 247414
Studio: Signet
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While making the best of her new telemarketing job, Helen Hawthorne thinks she hears a murder on the other end of the line-and must avoid a close call with a killer.
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Surprisingly good for escape mystery fiction. Good pacing and an appealing heroine. Fascinating insights into the boiler room world. When I keep reading, without being tempted to peek at the ending and stop reading, it's a good book.
I lived in Fort Lauderdale for about 3 years and loved the Las Olas
shops and restaurants. I probably wouldn't recognize the place now.
Quibbles: Some activities of the bad guys seemed a little over the top. The heroine's rationale for being on the lam is very similar to the male hero of another series. It's also a bit of a stretch. Her divorcce lawyer was too "gentlemanly" to ask certain questions at a hearing? Get the "gentleman" sued for malpractice and try again.
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I was very entertained with this book. Helen's gig as a telemarketer brought back memories of my college days when I gave away free cemetary plots as a telemarketer. It was before computers and we used the phone book. My favorite comeback was, "I don't need it, I am immortal."
This story was exciting to the last page. Imagine hearing a murder taking place on the phone. Helen was brave to investigate this murder. She is quite a talented sleuth.
I am glad to have discovered this series by Elaine Viets and I look forward to reading more by her.
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The interesting part of this amateur sleuth, Helen, is her dead end telemarketer job. Good insight into the telemarketers world: predominantly abusive calls received by telemarketers, their low self-esteem, poor working conditions & low pay. You feel sorry for them & wish you can be kinder to them subsequent time round when they call on you.
As for the mystery factor in this book, its average with quick turning action so you won't get bored. Helen is simply too nosey to stay put in any one place at a time so the mystery unravels in many places with quick wit. The repartee between Helen & Margery, the landlady is always entertaining.
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I didn't enjoy this book as much as the others in the series. That will not turn me off of them though. I fulling intend to read the subsequent one. I agree with others, not sure how I feel about Phil, will not go further with that one, do not want to spoil anything. If you have not read any of this series, please start with the very first one, as the characters build up. Also, I missed Peggy, she didn't seem to make much of an appearance in this book.
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I thought this sounded like a fun mystery to read, but I was wrong.
I got about 1/3 of the way through until I gave up. It just didn't keep my attention. Plus I couldn't really get a feel for the main character. I guess I couldn't relate to her much.
I'll pass on the rest of this series too.
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