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Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
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Page Count: 272
Printing Date: May 01, 2007
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Helen Hawthorne has a knack for keeping a low profile. But in South Florida, it's going to get a lot harder to fly under the radar...
Working at Sybil's Full Moon Hotel in Fort Lauderdale keeps Helen safe and sane. But when a maid is found dead in a Dumpster, those days just might be over. Dead bodies mean another chance for the cops to find her. To make matters worse, her ex-husband is hot on her trail. Sadly, the cops don't seem to care much about a murdered maid-but they take notice of her coworker's shady story. If Helen doesn't manage to dodge their questions and shake off her ex, it could be checkout time.
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I have read all the Dead-end jobs books. I'm looking forward to the subsequent one. Helen is my 'hero' for not caving in to her no-good husband. Altho in real life she would have caved in his head instead of his car. Sometimes a bit unbelievable. How does one manage to exist with no paper-trail at all? But for just a pleasant & enjoyable read, Elaine Viets is right there with Joan Hess & the Maggody series.
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Her best yet. More complex story line.I musn't go into detail as it would be a spoiler but she wraps up problems nicely.
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I enjoy mysteries and this one was funny and entertaining.
Okay you will probably figure out who did it but it's fun getting there.
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Room 323 is a problem room at Sybil's Full Moon Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Guests frequently trash it and Helen is usually part of the group that has to clean it. Helen is working at the Full Moon Hotel as a maid and has been for sometime while she hides out from her ex-husband Rob. Worked over by the court system, she isn't about to let him have a penny of her money. She lives a cash only existence and the folks in room 323 don't tip. Tips are few and far between which is why the staff, except for Helen, is always searching for the loot left behind after a botched bank robbery. The dead bank robber stayed in that room and with 100K at stake the money is worth searching for.
In the meantime, there are three floors of a hotel to clean. The staff works hard, the guests are often rude and yet, employee turnover is surprisingly low. When Rhonda, who also worked as a maid, suddenly disappears everyone else assumes that she ran off with her often talked about but never seen rich boyfriend. Helen isn't so sure because she has her suspicions. Helen has a history of finding dead bodies on other jobs and she wonders if something bad has happened to Rhonda. Her history is hammered home by a local police detective soon after Helen finds Rhonda's body in the dumpster. Unfortunately, not only does she have to deal with the fact that Rob is coming closer and closer to finding her, Rhonda won't be the last body at The Full Moon bringing Helen unwanted scrutiny by the local police.
While some reviews have criticized the ending as killing off the series, it is sufficiently vague to allow the series to continue as it has. Beyond the fact that the series has continued with the recent release of "Clubbed To Death" and without going into detail, it should be clear to any reader that while the main events of this novel are resolved, the book on Rob is by no means closed.
What is also clear is that several earlier books are referred to in sufficient detail in this novel to make reading them rather pointless. That is always a risk when one starts reading a series out of order and that is the case here with several detailed references to earlier books.
Since the series is new to me, this novel being the very first I have read, I can't address the overall consideration of the story arc across novels or development regarding the main character. Despite those issues as well as the ease that Helen seemingly moves through life with no identity and living a cash only existence, the novel itself is a comfortable enjoyable read. It moves fairly quickly and provides a case that will keep most readers guessing until the end. As it entertains it also reminds readers of something very important - don't lie on the bedspread.
Kevin R. Tipple (copyright)2008
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I agonize too much about writing reviews of books I really love, so I'm going to throw all that out the window and tell you that you are going to love this novel. More, you're going to fall in love with Helen and her friends. I am enchanted by novels where I find myself wishing to meet the characters. In this series, I long to spend time by the pool with Helen and Peggy and Margery and Phil. I'll bring the margaritas, I promise!
Elaine Viets will also change the way you think about so called "deadbeat" jobs. I have been a waitress but never a motel maid, and I will forever be a different and better hotel guest after reading her book. This is a lesson so gently and witty given there's no pinch.
I'm buying this series in hardcover, because I can tell these novels will become what my sister calls "good friends," the books you pick up when you're exhausted and just want to relax and get away. I'm so glad I read this book. You will be, too.
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