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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN num: 9780451224576
ISBN number: 0451224574
Label: Signet
Manufacturer: Signet
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 272
Printing Date: July 01, 2008
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Between her newspaper column and her cleaning clients, cleaning wiz Sky Taylour is on her way to a stable, self-sufficient life. All she needs now is a contract to clean City Hall. What she doesn’t need is another messy murder investigation. What does she get? Both.
The body of Kyle Fipps, real estate developer and wannabe actor, is the untidiest remnant of the Art Association’s annual holiday bash. With his pack of scheming enemies, and a smattering of even less trustworthy friends, it’s very likely he was murdered. But when the investigation leads straight to City Hall, will Sky be the subsequent one getting swept under the rug?
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The second in the Grime Solver's Mystery series, Dirty Deeds is a delightful, satisfying cozy mystery. Sparkling with humour and hometown charm, if you're looking for something light but yet adventurous, this one may be for you!
Recently widowed, Sky Taylour left the big city to make Pigeon Cove, a hamlet on the northern Massachusetts coast, her permanent home. Sky stays with her friend Chloe rent-free in return for doing the house cleaning. This works out splendidly for Sky as she owns a cleaning service as well as writes a column for the newspaper. Sky is re-adapting to single life after losing her husband to a long illness, and things are looking up. She feels all she needs now is a contract to clean city hall.
What she gets is a messy murder investigation. At the Art Association's annual holiday bash, Sky and Chloe are waiting for people to leave when real estate developer and wannabe actor Kyle Fipps is found in the middle of the Getaway Groves Condominium model house display. Lying in a hammock, Sky and Chloe believe Kyle to be sleeping, but soon learn that he is dead after they fail to wake him up. Later, when she asks, the police chief lets Sky know it was no accident. Kyle had ingested the poisonous seed of a pong pong, similar to digitalis, and that the chief was now investigating a murder.
Not long after, Sky's best friend Jessie disappears and Councilman Tommy Thompson is caught up in a scandal with a stripper. Sky and her new boyfriend, reporter Mike Evans, try to unravel things and see how the events connect. They seem to be leading straight back to city hall, and Sky soon finds herself in danger.
Full of believable characters and a solid plot, this fun mystery is full of twists and turns and full of delightful charm. I have not read the very first in the series, Scene of the Grime, but I will be going back to do so. Also including cleaning tips, this mystery shines bright and I look forward to the subsequent installment of the Grime Solver's.
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After her beloved husband died following a long suffering illness, Sky Taylour moved to Pigeon Cove, the subsequent town past Gloucester. She stays with her friend Chloe rent free in return for doing the house cleaning, which is no hardship as Sky owns a cleaning service as well as writing a newspaper column.
Sky and Chloe are waiting for people to leave at the Art Association Festival when realtor Kyle Fipps is found asleep in his hammock in the middle of the Getaway Groves Condominium model house display. They try to wake him up, but immediately realize he is dead. Police Chief Vega tells Sky that the toxicology report indicates murder as the victim ingested the poisonous seed of a pong pong, which is similar to digitalis. This homicide is not the only incident happening in the Cove. Councilman Tommy Thompson, who is involved in the Getaway Groves Condominium project, is embroiled in a scandal as he was seen with Sandy the stripper at a strip joint. As Sky and her lover reporter Mike Evans seek a link between the condo project, Kylie's homicide, and the disappearance of her best friend Jessie Barton, someone tries to kill her.
This charming lighthearted cozy contains many suspects with plausible motives to wanting the Kyle dead. Sky is a delightful protagonist who can turn obstinate once she makes up her mind as to a course of action, which in DIRTY DEEDS can prove lethal to her. This regional mystery provides readers with a taste of a coastal small New England town, who provide much of the support cast (along with some Gloucester residents). Suzanne price uses Sandy to add humour to the whodunit that sub-genre fans will appreciate.
Harriet Klausner
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