Auntie Mayhem (Bed-And-Breakfast Mysteries) [Kindle Edition]

Mary Daheim (Author)

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"Kick off your shoes by the fire and get cozy with Mary Daheim.""Portland Oregonian"

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Though lurching through London is ever so jolly, hostess on-holiday Judith McMonigle Flynn and her cantankerous cousin Renie are looking forward to an unharried weekend at a real English country manor. They find the estate taxing, however, what with vacationing relations crowding every nook and cranny of Ravenscroft House, while its awesomely aged mistress, Aunt Petulia, holds court—until a box of poisoned sweets hastens the dour dowager's demise. Soon Judith and Renie are up to their American necks in a muck of murder most British—as they set out to unearth a fatal family secret...and unmask the culprit who was anti-Auntie enough to do the old girl in.

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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 288 KB
• Print Length: 276 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0380778785
• Publisher: HarperCollins e-books (February 27, 2007)
• Sold by: HarperCollins Publishers
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000OI0EKE
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #213,296 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Cousins Go to England, April 6, 2001

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Karen Potts (Lake Jackson, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Auntie Mayhem (Bed-And-Breakfast Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

Accompanying their husbands on a trip to England, Judith and Renie look forward to spending time with a former pen pal's family. They are invited to an old country manor while their husbands take a fishing trip to Scotland. The owner of the estate is Aunt Petulia, a 90-something dowager who controls and bullies her family with the promise of the considerable inheritance which will go to the favored relative upon her death. When Aunt Petulia is poisoned with chocolate candy, there are many suspects among her greedy heirs. Wills appear and disappear and it is unclear as to who is to inherit her fortune. There are several skeletons in the family closet, including illegitimate children and runaway teenagers. Judith and Renie are led a merry chase trying to discover the identity of the killer. When they find out who the killer is, they are almost the next victims. This is another enjoyable "cozy" from author Judy Dahiem, with the added attraction of having England as the background.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great book from Mary Daheim, January 15, 2005

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C. Lee "Mysteriaholic" (Utah, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Auntie Mayhem (Bed-And-Breakfast Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

I loved this book. It is set in Yeovil and Somerset, England. My sister lives in Yeovil, so it really made me homesick for the English countrysides. The things she wrote about are true about those areas in England. I liked the characters, too. They were truly British. Like most of her books, I didn't figure the whodunit until almost the time that Judith did. And I love Renie. She is so much like me.
It's really a good book, especially if you like mysteries that are hard to figure out.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Judith and Renie go to England-OK, June 21, 2001

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Moe811 (New York USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Auntie Mayhem (Bed-And-Breakfast Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

Judith and Renie and their respective spouses take a trip to England. While their husbands fish in Scotland, the girls visit relatives of Judith's pen pal. The matriarch of the family takes a liking to them, and when she is murdered, leaves them her gate house and a whole lot of trouble.

This is typical of the series, nothing really special about it, but it is entertaining.