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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780451223111
ISBN number: 045122311X
Label: NAL Hardcover
Manufacturer: NAL Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 288
Printing Date: March 04, 2008
Publishing house: NAL Hardcover
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The new Blackbird Sisters mystery from the bestselling author of A Crazy Little Thing Called Death.
Down-to-earth debutante Nora Blackbird is having a meltdown-and it isn't because of Philadelphia's heat wave, or an overdose at the city's Chocolate Festival. A noted Philly philanthropist has taken a swan dive from an office balcony-and Nora's friend Lexie stands accused of the murder. Then Nora's scheming parents reappear, sending all three Blackbird sisters into a panic. Now Nora must uncover the scandalous hijinks her parents are plotting-before she winds up taking all the heat and strangling her father with his own ascot.
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I've long been a fan of this series, with plucky Nora of the ill-fated Blackbird sisters making her way as a society newspaper columnist, wearing her grandmother's old couture as she bravely faces down Philadelphia's Main Line. In this book, however, the three sisters spin off far too many story lines for any real coherence of plot, ranging from one sister's unplanned pregnancy to a best friend's bankruptcy to a nephew's girlfriend problems and another relative's presumed bisexuality. Not to mention the usual problems of Nora's gangster boyfriend and her sister Libby's unruly children.
And did I mention that the sisters' long-vanished parents reappear, only to provide a tantalizing glimpse of themselves in the early chapters with nothing resembling a resolution of their (mis)adventures?
Whenever a few pages do manage to stay on track, someone must have whisked the manuscript away from Martin, leaving her to muddle through without reference to her earlier work and free to develop yet another plot line.
Good luck if you can endure this half-baked casserole of a book.
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This is my very first Blackbird Sisters book, but it definitely won't be my last. I plan to go back and read the rest of the books in the series.
I generally read more suspenseful mysteries so this was a refreshing light change of pace. The characters just cracked me up so much I nearly forgot there was a murder to be solved. (Which is just as it should be in the cozy mystery genre.) The idea of a family born into the monied social crowd but having lost the fortune is an interesting concept. It brings a wide range of characters into play.
Nora has her hands full dealing with her sisters and her friend as a murder suspect and then her parents show up. Personally I would have put the kibosh on their antics but that would have spoiled some of the fun in the book. I'm less sure about Mick but will reserve judgment until I've read more of the books.
If you want your mysteries to all be nail biters, you might not like this book. But if you are open to a little bit of entertaining fluff and some laughs with a mystery on the side, this would be a good book to try.
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MURDER MELTS IN YOUR MOUTH
NANCY MARTIN
Contemporary Mystery
Rated by buyers 4.5 Enchantments
Nora Blackbird doesn't need any more complications. First, her best friend Lexie Paine is suspected of pushing her business partner Hoyt Cavendish off the balcony of her office, after he ruined one of her near priceless paintings. While lurking about the office moments after witnessing Hoyt's downward spiral, Nora finds herself face to face with none other than her on-the-run father hidden inside a closet, who is only too happy to inform her that both he and her mother are back in town, with no real plans of leaving any time soon. Add in her suddenly pregnant younger sister, the fact that she's stuck babysitting her older sister's children yet again and suddenly her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Mick Abruzzo, son of a notorious New Jersey gangster is suddenly back in her life. All adds up to almost total chaos as she's out to prove Lexie's innocence.
My favorite scene is when Nora returns home to the Blackbird farm to find someone holding the family hostage with a gun. In a scene that made me literally laugh out loud, she soon finds herself on the run with the `kidnapper' as family secrets become exposed, including something that might help finally solve the mystery of who really killed Hoyt.
Filled with a great mystery, a few shocking family secrets revealed and numerous laugh out loud moments, especially in the second half of the book, MURDER MELTS IN YOUR MOUTH is one cozy mystery that won't disappoint. [...]
Ms. Martin creates a world of enjoyable characters and several laugh out loud moments in MURDER MELTS IN YOUR MOUTH, the seventh book in her popular BLACKBIRD SISTERS series. Ms. Martin also blogs at TheLipstickChronicles check it out for the latest news on Blackbird books and what's happening in Nancy's life.
Lisa
Enchanting Reviews
July 2008
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Seventh in the series, Nora's character still does not stand up to the people in her life. Friends, parents, and, mostly, her sisters continually take advantage of her.
The character dynamics are beginning to get stale. How many times will the author have Mick & Nora get together and break up, get together and break up, get together and break up? It happens in every book and sometimes more than once in the same story.
Other authors have had female characters who are not strong in standing up for themselves, but this usually works itself out by the 3rd or 4th book in the series. But here we are, seven books into this series, and Nora is still a wimp of a character.
Everyone is a caricature. I expected that by now the author would be comfortable enough with her characters to allow them to change a little. But no -- Emma is always after every man in sight & continues to drink to excess. Libby is sexually on the prowl & foists her 5 children off on to Nora as often as possible. Nora's job continues to be in jeopardy, murders still comes her way, and retro designer clothing still stars. I can't suspend my disbelief any more.
For me, this will be the last book I read in this series. They're boring. They're predictable. They're not even light reading fun anymore.
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'MURDER MELTS IN YOUR MOUTH' really IS the best Blackbird sisters mystery yet!! If you are a fan of this series you will be more than pleased with the direction Nancy Martin has taken our favorite heroine and her kooky gang in this seventh installment. All of our favorites have returned, Emma, Libby & kids & Mick with a focus on some of the more minor characters that we love such as Lexie and Crewe but one of the highlights of the story was finally getting to meet the eccentric characters that are Nora's parents! They cast a hilariously whimsical air over the entire book and I hope to see much more of the senior Blackbirds in the future!
Readers will be pleased to finally see so many aspects of the Blackbird sister's story come together after all of these years. Fan's of this series will finally get all that they have been asking for and more! Nora and Mick finally come to an understanding, there is potential for more of a story involving the ever mysterious yet lovable sister Emma and Libby is...well, she is still the same Libby we've grown to know and love. Also, this novel's mystery involving the death of Lexie Paine's partner Hoyt Cavendish, who is seemingly pushed from his office window after being accused of stealing millions from clients is by far the best mystery to date.
Nancy has set the tone in this novel for big things to come down the line and I officially cannot wait for the eighth installment in this series which is sure to be fantastic!
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