Dolled up for Murder by Deb Baker
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- Pub. Date: October 2006
- 288pp
- Sales Rank: 123,872
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: October 2006
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
- Format: Mass Market Paperback, 288pp
- Sales Rank: 123,872
- Series: Dolls to Die For Mystery Series
- ISBN-13: 9780425212639
- ISBN: 0425212637
Synopsis
For Gretchen Birch, her mother Caroline, and her aunt Nina, doll collecting is a family affair. They may disagree on other things, but when it comes to dolls, they share a passion for the most exquisite (and expensive) creations in history. But they have never imagined that doll collecting could inspire foul play.
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Great new cozy series set around doll collectingby Anonymous
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February 23, 2007: Gretchen Birch?s mother, Caroline, is missing and suspected of murder. Gretchen?s aunt Nina calls and convinces Gretchen she needs to come to Phoenix to help her find her mother and clear her name. Caroline is accused of murdering a homeless former doll collector found dead at the bottom of a cliff. Caroline is a part of the doll collecting community. She was seen fleeing the crime scene. And now she?s missing and all the evidence points to her. Gretchen and Nina know Caroline is innocent, but without being able to contact her, they aren?t sure how to clear her name. They start digging into the dead woman?s life and the doll collecting community. Can they clear Caroline?s name without putting the killer on their trail? This is the first in a new series. It is great. I can?t wait to read the next one. Gretchen and Nina are wonderful characters. The theme doll collecting really added to the storyline. The Phoenix setting was great as well. I highly recommend this book.
A charming mysteryby harstan
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July 31, 2006: Gretchen Birch?s family has some interesting occupations her mother collects and repairs dolls and her aunt Nina trains small dogs to stay in purses. When Nina calls to tell Gretchen that her mother is missing, she asks Gretchen to fly out to Phoenix. When she arrives there she learns that her mother?s friend Marha, a ?one time doll collector? who ended up as a homeless person fell off the cliff on Camelback Mountain. In her hand there was a note in her hand stating ?Carolina Birch-put her away?--------------------- --- Two hikers saw Caroline on the mountains shortly after Martha was murdered which makes her the prime suspect. It doesn?t help that Caroline disappeared or that an inventory list contained a doll that belonged to Martha was found in Caroline?s home. Caroline meanwhile is in Chicago looking at a doll and bidding on another doll on e-bay in the hopes of bringing down a villain and clearing her name. Gretchen and Nina work independently of the police but everything they unearth points to Caroline as a killer.---------------- Deb Baker has written a charming cozy that brings into the light the dark side of doll collecting. The support cast is so well drawn that readers understood their motivations, including the two homeless persons integral to the plot, and the heroine who is an everyday person who goes about investigating in a rational realistic manner. DIALED UP FOR MURDER is a great opening book to what feels like a charming new mystery series.----------- Harriet Klausner
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