Dead and Blonde: A Meg Darcy Mystery (Meg Darcy Mysteries) [Paperback]

Jean Marcy (Author)

Book Description

Series: Meg Darcy Mysteries | Publication Date: November 1, 1998

A blonde woman in your bed can be a disaster, especially when she has been bludgeoned to death, perhaps in your stead. Police detective Sarah Lindstrom reluctantly calls on her sometime love, Private Detective Meg Darcy, to help find the killer. Megs barely suppressed attraction to her only complicates their investigation.

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A rousing good read, one of those mysteries spiced with tension and flavored with colorful characters that make it perfect leisure time reading. --Midwest Book Review

About the Author

When not imagining new adventures for Darcy and Lindstrom the two halves of Jean Marcy labor to provide kibble and creature comforts for two dogs and three cats. For fun they research St. Louis settings and hang out in libraries.

Product Details

• Paperback: 236 pages
• Publisher: New Victoria Publishers (November 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0934678987
• ISBN-13: 978-0934678988
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,856,348 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Team Effort Shines in Second Engaging Mystery, August 3, 2003

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Lori L. Lake "Author of Like Lovers Do, Buyer... (Portland, Oregon, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dead and Blonde: A Meg Darcy Mystery (Meg Darcy Mysteries) (Paperback)

The second offering in the Meg Darcy P.I. series picks up where CEMETERY MURDERS left off. Darcy gets a late night call from enigmatic police detective Sarah Lindstrom and learns that the cop's ex has been murdered...in Lindstrom's home...in Lindstrom's bed...with a baseball bat. Darcy takes her in for the night. The normally unflappable and distant Lindstrom is stunned and disbelieving. She is a suspect and it's personal, too, so she is not allowed to work with the police on the case. Because of this, she does something totally unexpected and asks Darcy to help investigate the case.

The course of the investigation reveals that Lindstrom and Darcy are both in danger, so the grieving cop grudgingly allows Darcy to stay at her house. The combination of stress and anguish makes for a taut and fearful situation for both women as they seek the killer.

Meg's wit and longing shine in this installment of the series. It gets bogged down in the relationship angst once or twice in the middle, but very quickly regains steam and takes the reader to a satisfying and slightly unexpected resolution.
~Lori L. Lake, Reviewer for Midwest Book Review, and The Independent Gay Writer.

5.0 out of 5 stars This second volume of the Meg Darcy mysteries, July 29, 2003

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This review is from: Dead and Blonde: A Meg Darcy Mystery (Meg Darcy Mysteries) (Paperback)

may be the best so far, though there is huge pleasure in tracking the evolving relationship betweem Darcy and Lindstrom from one book to the next. Like its predecessor, it stands out for the clear and unassuming prose style with which the first-person narrative draws us into Darcy's wryly self-deprecating, and surprisingly literate point of view. The cool and accomplished Lindstrom--whose career and safety are put in jeopardy in this story--is a very suitable counterpart to the stubborn and vulnerable Meg. As in the other volumes, the erotic encounters (intense yet handled with a light touch) are skilfully woven into the narrative. With its rich depiction of the St. Louis locales, compares well with Redmann's angstier Micky Knight series (set in New Orleans) and Kate Allen's kinkier Alison Kaine series (set in Denver).