Dating Is Murder: A Novel {Unabridged Audio} [Unabridged] [Audio Cassette]

Harley Jane Kozak (Author), Bernadette Dunne (Amer.) (Narrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2005

Wollie Shelley is a greeting card artist struggling to keep afloat financially and to pursue-despite a series of recent disasters-the search for the love of her life. She reluctantly agrees to be a contestant on the reality television show Biological Clock. The show's premise: six eligible singles date each other, and the audience votes on which couple would make the best parents. Alas, Wollie isn't having much luck finding a man she'd like to date "off the air," much less father her child. As the biological clock ticks away, Wollie gets caught up in a much more pressing demand on her time. Her friend Annika has vanished into thin air and Wollie is convinced that she's in grave danger. When Wollie reports the disappearance to the Los Angeles Police Department, however, the detective assigned to the case seems more interested in dating Wollie than in finding her friend. So Wollie springs into action-and lands right in the middle of an FBI investigation into an international drug cartel. She soon finds herself being stalked by an assortment of threatening characters, including her fellow television contestants, who will stop at nothing to beat the clock. With Dating Is Murder, Kozak delivers another sparkling treasure, a laugh-out-loud funny, literate mystery for readers of Janet Evanovich and Sue Grafton, and for Kozak's own growing legion of fans.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Books on Tape, Inc.; Unabridged edition (2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 141591852X
• ISBN-13: 978-1415918524
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,176,031 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Viva Wollie!, March 21, 2005

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Joy Johannessen (Durham, CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dating Is Murder: A Novel (Hardcover)

I read Harley Jane Kozak's first book, DATING DEAD MEN, on a plane flight that my fellow passengers probably thought was a little turbulent, when really it was only me shaking the whole damn plane because I was laughing so hard. Kozak's writing is much smarter and funnier than most work in the female sleuth genre, and DATING IS MURDER is fully the equal of its predecessor in humor and depth of characterization. Kozak brings back old friends from DATING DEAD MEN-the inimitable Fredreeq, the redoubtable Joey, the astutely deranged P.B., the singular Uncle Theo, the offstage drawling Rex Stetson-and introduces an array of beguiling new characters. No detail goes astray in the consistently engaging plot, not Richard Feynman or the goose or the cat or the meat mallet, and especially not Conraua (Gigantorana) goliath. The world of the novel is beautifully realized, Wollie's wryly observant voice is a joy, the attraction Kozak conjures between Wollie and Simon is palpable, and the pace never falters. Viva Wollie and her witty, gifted creator!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Second in the Series is Better Than The First!!, October 13, 2005

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Bonny Kirby "Freakish Reader" (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dating Is Murder: A Novel (Hardcover)

This is the second in the series by Harley Jane Kozak, with Wollie Shelley at it's center. Wollie is a 6' blond with an almost endless string of things going on in her life.

In this book, she is taking part in a low budget reality show, while trying to paint a mural, design greeting cards, and find a missing friend. During her almost obsessive search for her missing friend, she encounters more trouble than she could have ever imagined.

Her friend happens to be a German Au Pair who works for a wealthy family. When she suddenly turns up missing, the story quickly becomes more than a story of a missing friend. There a re plently of twists and turns, and much more at the core of the mystery than I had truly expected. With her first book, I had figured out the who, what, where and how much more quickly than I did with this book.

I really look forward to Installment #3. They can only get better! This is a fun, awkward and totally likeable character that I won't tire of easily.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wollie is Wonderful, April 15, 2005

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Angela M. Gwinner "Angie in St. Louis" (St. Louis, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dating Is Murder: A Novel (Hardcover)

I always wonder if the second book in a series will be as good as the first. So often, they are not. In this case, it is better. Dating is Murder is clever, fun and entertaining as heck. I couldn't put it down. And, the ending sequence was the best I've read all year. Just when you think it can't get better, it does. Kudos, Ms. Kozak.