Deadly Arrangement by Denise Osborne

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  • Pub. Date: September 2001
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    • Pub. Date: September 2001
    • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
    • Format: Mass Market Paperback, 256pp

    Margaret Coel

    Denise Osborne has crafted an intelligent and altogether riveting mystery, and Salome Waterhouse is a likeable sleuth with one-heck of an interesting sideline.

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    Happiness,Harmony & Homicide and much moreby Anonymous

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    July 22, 2004: If you want to read a book that makes you feel like you live in the town of Holyrood.I even felt like Solome is a friend of mine and she has told me whats going on or I saw it for myself and all the towns people seem so real. It's worth the time to read this book it's a true mystery and don't forget the feng shui it really dose make you feel good about life and it's mysterous little murders :).

    different type of police procedural-amateur sleuthby harstan

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    July 03, 2001: For five years, bicoastal traveler Salome Waterhouse rented out the Perfume Mansion in Holyrood off of Monterey Bay to artist Palmer Fordham. Because she feels the place has bad vibes, Salome, a practitioner of Feng Shui, has not entered the place in years. However, this morning she goes there because an anonymous person hired her to Feng Shui the place as a birthday present to Palmer.

    Instead of her usual scenario, Salome finds a murdered Palmer in the house and immediately calls her cousin Phyllis, chief of police. Phyllis arrives and takes charge of the crime scene while treating Salome with contempt and as the prime suspect. Phyllis always blamed Salome for inheriting the Perfume Mansion, a place she covets. After feeling her cousin?s negative vibes Salome knows that she need some strong Feng Shui medicine to prove her innocence and to clean the evil that resides in her mansion.

    A DEADLY ARRANGEMENT is a different type of police procedural-amateur sleuth tale due to the large amounts of Feng Shui incorporated throughout the plot. The story line is cleverly designed but is disrupted by the swings back and forth in time. Salome is an interesting and refreshing lead character and the cast?s varying degrees of acceptance of her leads to greater understanding of the protagonist and her practice. Followers of Feng Shui will feel the positive vibes emanating from this plot while other readers will say phooey to way too much Feng Shui.

    Harriet Klausner