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Tickled to Death (Claire Malloy Mystery #9)

by Joan Hess | Mystery & Thrillers |
ISBN: 0451405501 Global Overview for this book
Registered by jenvince of Scottsdale, Arizona USA on 2/28/2006
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6 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by jenvince from Scottsdale, Arizona USA on Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Duplicate copy for release.

From the back cover:
Claire Malloy, Farberville's plucky amateur sleuth, feels the pull of summer doldrums until a predicament sends her to a posh lakefront community. Her best friend, Luanne, is having an affair with Dick Cissel, a dentist who just may have murdered his two previous wives. While the police are determined to prove Dick guilty of double homicide, Luanne wants Claire to confirm him no Bluebeard and, therefore, prime marriage material.
Claire plunges into an investigation. And even when her effors blow the lid off a nest of greed, passion, and oh-so-clever murder, there still remains one very menacing question for this intrepid sleuth who's coming too close for a killer's comfort: If Dick didn't murder his wives, who did?

Journal Entry 2 by jenvince from Scottsdale, Arizona USA on Sunday, March 12, 2006
Am putting this in SCOUT-FINCH's One of a Kind Cozy Bookbox #3.

Journal Entry 3 by dancing-dog from Cordova, Tennessee USA on Saturday, April 8, 2006
Taking from SCOUT-FINCH's bookbox - thanks jenvince :)

Journal Entry 4 by dancing-dog from Cordova, Tennessee USA on Saturday, September 2, 2006
The front cover calls this book "seriously hilarious!" but I found it to be more like "mildly amusing". I liked that it's written in first person and the character of Claire has a rather dry, droll, witty style. Thought it had a rather slow start but enjoyed it more as I stuck with it. I liked the 2 teenagers (Claire's daughter and her friend) and thought that having them lent some realism to the situation.

Thanks for sharing! :=D Will see if bookpatch is interested in this one.

Update 10/24: Bookpatch decided to pass on this one, so I think I will take it on my upcoming vacation and wild-release it somewhere.

Update 11/10: Didn't end up releasing it on vacation so will see if anyone's interested in it at the November Mid-South Meet-Up this Saturday.

Released 18 yrs ago (11/11/2006 UTC) at Bellamy's Deli - 694 N Germantown Pkwy @ Trinity in Cordova, Tennessee USA

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Taking to the Meet-Up and will leave on the OBCZ shelf at Bellamy's if no interest.

Journal Entry 6 by nancyluvsbooks from Williamsburg, Virginia USA on Saturday, November 11, 2006
Caught at the BC meetup today. This one is going in my TBR pile. Thanks, Dancing-dog!

Released 16 yrs ago (4/12/2008 UTC) at Perkins 3455 Poplar Ave (Near Highland) in Memphis, Tennessee USA

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Releasing at meetup breakfast today

Journal Entry 8 by Daelith from Memphis, Tennessee USA on Saturday, April 12, 2008
Caught at meet-up.

Journal Entry 9 by Daelith at Via mail in Post office, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, June 28, 2008

Released 16 yrs ago (6/28/2008 UTC) at Via mail in Post office, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases

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Sent to Lemonitsa as part of a trade.

Journal Entry 10 by Lemonitsa from Montréal, Québec Canada on Monday, July 7, 2008
Arrived this morning and I'm looking forward for some more Claire Malloy wit! :)

Thanks Daelith, this looks great!

Journal Entry 11 by Lemonitsa at Montréal, Québec Canada on Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Read this over the weekend. I'd forgotten how amusing these can be. Claire is definitely not soft-spoken!

fun afternoon read and the mystery was good, too.

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Journal Entry 12 by Lemonitsa at Montréal, Québec Canada on Friday, October 8, 2010

Released 14 yrs ago (10/8/2010 UTC) at Montréal, Québec Canada

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Off to our Dec. JOE @ BookObsessed.

Journal Entry 13 by Supertalya at Huam-dong, Soul-t'ukpyolsi South Korea on Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Thanks so much!!

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