No Clue at the Inn (Pennyfoot Hotel Mysteries) [Paperback]

Kate Kingsbury (Author)

Book Description

Series: Pennyfoot Hotel Mysteries | Publication Date: November 1, 2005

Cecily Sinclair Baxter can't resist the chance for a Christmas reunion at the beloved Pennyfoot Hotel. But when a housemaid goes missing, soon followed by one of London's most renowned barristers, she realizes that she may be on holiday, but death isn't.

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About the Author

Kate Kingsbury is also the author of the popular Manor House mystery series. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Berkley (November 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425198499
• ISBN-13: 978-0425198490
• Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,723,346 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I grew up in London, England, and at a very early age began telling stories to my school friends during the London Blitz of WW II while huddling in bomb shelters. I moved to the U.S. in the early sixties, and had passed my 50th birthday when I published my first book. Since then I've written over fifty romance and mystery novels. I have one son, and married for the second time shortly after my 60th birthday.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

40 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In Defense, December 30, 2003

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Kate Kingsbury - See all my reviews

This review is from: No Clue at the Inn (Paperback)

I don't usually comment on reviews of my books. I consider it everyone's right to form an opinion. Indeed, I am always most grateful that someone has taken the time to write a review... even if it's vitriolic, such as the one by "Bess from Lebanon, NH." I'm sorry she didn't enjoy the book, but then I can't please everyone. I must however, correct one glaring error in her statements. The lady states that I mentioned King George VI in my Edwardian novel. The page she was referring to is #61. At the bottom of the page it states quites clearly that it was George Fifth who was a barrister. Since it is plainly spelled out, I would suggest that Bess from Lebanon acquire spectacles.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No Clue at the Inn, December 15, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: No Clue at the Inn (Paperback)

In response to A reader from the East Coast below
THIS IS NOT AWFUL!!!! The characters are NOT shallow or full of cliches and they are NOT full of contradictions!!The marriage of Baxter and Cecily is very real. Reminds me of many marriages I know of today, so I do not think it is unreal. The historical detail is NOT sloppily researched. How would the reader from the East Coast know, did he/she live in 1912 England. How much did he/she research it to know it is sloppily researched? Probably none. And if the plot is transparent and contrived then I must be an idiot because Ms. Kingsbury fooled me. So I guess I am not as smart as the reader from the East Coast. Who I doubt is very smart at all, to say such awful words to someone she has never read before. I am a Kate Kingsbury fan, and I have read ALL the books something that I know reader from the East Coast hasn't and he/she has no right to judge anyone so harshly based on the reading of ONE book. He/she from the East Coast is way out of line and has no credibility in judging anything. This author has almost 20 mysteries in print so she must be doing something right. Or are the publishers who published her book idiots too? Disappoinment is one thing, awful is another. What is AWFUL is the reader from the East Coast's review.

A Kate Kingsbury fan

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thanks to Kingsbury..., March 15, 2004

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LuAnn Dunham (Grayslake, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No Clue at the Inn (Paperback)

I enjoyed this book, as I have all of Kingsbury's works. The reviewers who condemn Ms. Kingsbury, are inaccurate at best. This book is not sloppily written, or poorly researched. I wouild suggest that before they pick up their poison pen to write a review, that they do a little "research" on their own, and print the facts. Bravo, to Ms. Kingsbury, for her delicious rebuttal!