A Crazy Little Thing Called Death (Blackbird Sisters Series #6) by Nancy Martin
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(Mass Market Paperback - Reprint)
- Pub. Date: March 2008
- 368pp
- Sales Rank: 48,445
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: March 2008
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
- Format: Mass Market Paperback, 368pp
- Sales Rank: 48,445
- Series: Blackbird Sisters Series, #6
- ISBN-13: 9780451220820
- ISBN: 045122082X
- Edition Description: Reprint
Synopsis
Impoverished Philadelphia heiress Nora Blackbird has agreed to wed Mick Abruzzo, son of New Jersey's most notorious mobster, leaving the city's bluebloods in shock. Then Nora and her sisters get some ominous news-Sweet Penny Devine, ex-Hollywood starlet and daughter of the Philadelphia Devines, has mysteriously disappeared. Even stranger, her family wants her declared dead pronto. Could someone have plotted her final act? Now it's up to the Blackbird sisters to snoop among the snooty-until they uncover the truth.
Publishers Weekly
The Blackbird sisters—Nora, Libby and Emma—tackle their sixth arch mystery (after 2006's Have Your Cake and Kill Him Too) set among Philadelphia's contemporary blue-blooded (and red-handed) set. When former child star Sweet Penny Devine goes missing and is presumed dead, her brother, Porter "Potty" Devine, opts for a memorial party and polo match instead of a funeral, which Nora, a society reporter, covers for a Philadelphia paper. The festivities falter after Nora discovers a severed hand that could be Penny's. Nora, Libby and Emma aid detective Ben Bloom in an investigation whose suspects include Potty; Vivian, Penny's cat-crazy sister; the Devines' former housekeeper's daughter, Julie Huckabee; Julie's missing father, Kell Huckabee; and Crewe Dearborne, a food critic. Sleuthing provides a welcome distraction for Nora, still grieving over a miscarriage and a little nervous about her engagement to Michael Abruzzo, son of a notorious New Jersey mobster. Martin's wicked observations about the horsy set enhance another fine-feathered mystery. (Mar.)
Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information. More Reviews and RecommendationsBiography
Like her heroines in the Blackbird sisters, Nancy Martin comes from a distinguished Pennsylvania family whose ancestors include Betsy Ross, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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This book is very Juvenileby KokoOH
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November 27, 2008: The characters are too cutsy and overwhelming. Characters introduced at the beginning sometimes don't show up again till several chapters later and I found myself going back constantly to see who they are and how they pertain. I found myself wanting to scream at the main character, Nora, for letting her sisters take advantage of her in the way they did. If this book was suppose to have humor, I did not see it. This book was a pathetic attempt on the writers part to instill sympathy in a bunch of misfits who are very unlikable.
Crazy Little Thing Called Death: A Blackbird Sisters Mysteryby Anonymous
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July 04, 2008: This book is part of the Blackbird Sisters stories by Nancy Martin. Each of the books can stand alone but the total of the series is riveting. I eagerly anticipated each book and scooped them up as soon as they were available. An excellent read with well defined characters, and a strong tug for the underdog.
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