Deadly Valentine [Paperback]

Carolyn G. Hart (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Doubleday (1990)
• ASIN: B000GLKDFA
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Carolyn Hart talks about mysteries and writing in a new interview on Oklahoma public tv. Please visit www.CarolynHart.com and click on the link in the upper right hand column.

In April Berkley Prime Crime will publish DEATH COMES SILENTLY, the 22nd Death on Demand title. Coming in October is WHAT THE CAT SAW, a novel of suspense.

Carolyn writes the Death on Demand series set in a mystery bookstore on a South Carolina sea island and the Bailey Ruth Raeburn series featuring a lively redheaded ghost.

Carolyn is also the author of several WWII novels, including ESCAPE FROM PARIS which is now available for the first time in its complete uncut version. Escape from Paris is the story of two sisters who defy the Gestapo to help British fliers avoid capture.

In Ghost at Work, Bailey Ruth returns to earth to help someone in trouble. She moves a body, investigates a murder, saves a marriage, prevents a suicide, and--in a fiery finale--rescues a child who knows too much. In Merry, Merry Ghost, Bailey Ruth protects a little boy from danger. In Ghost in Trouble, Bailey Ruth tries to corral a wilful woman determined to play hunt-the-killer. Coming in 2013 is HIJACKED GHOST which puts Bailey Ruth at risk of ever returning to Heaven.

Letter from Home, a WWII novel set on the home front, received the Agatha Award for Best Mystery of 2003. It was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize by the Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers. Thirteen-year-old Gretchen Gilman is working for the small-town newspaper during the hot summer of 1944. Murder occurs on the street where she lives, forever changing her life and the lives of those involved.

Hart was one of 10 mystery authors featured at the National Book Festival on the Mall in Washington, DC, in 2003 for Letter from Home and again in 2007 for Set Sail for Murder, 7th in the Henrie O series. In Set Sail for Murder (new in paperback March 2008), Henrie O joins a troubled family on a Baltic cruise and death is an unwelcome passenger.

Hart has been nominated 9 times for the Agatha Award for Best Novel and has won 3 times. In 2007 she received the Lifetime Achievement Award at Malice Domestic. She will be the International Guest of Honor at Bloody Words in Toronto on June 6-8, 2008.

Hart is a native of Oklahoma City, a journalism graduate of the University of Oklahoma, and a former president of Sisters in Crime. She is also a member of Authors Guild, Mystery Writers of America, the International Association of Crime Writers, and American Crime Writers League.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Valentine Day murder, June 18, 2002

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Karen Potts (Lake Jackson, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Deadly Valentine (Death on Demand Mysteries, No. 6) (Mass Market Paperback)

Annie and Max Darling have just moved into their new home. They have a lot of interesting neighbors, especially Sydney Cahill who goes after every man she meets, including Max. Annie is not too interested in going to Sydney's Valentine party, but Max's mother comes to visit and decides that it would be great fun for the three of them to attend the party. When Sydney turns up murdered, there are no lack of suspects since she was involved with most of the neighborhood men and there are many jealous wives. Annie and Max check into their neighbor's backgrounds and discover even more motives. They are totally confused until Max's mother Laurel calls Annie's hand by inviting all of the neighbors to a meeting so that Annie can unveil the murderer's identity. Annie has no idea who committed the murder until she hears some of Laurel's conclusions during the meeting. Finally, Annie confronts the murderer and puts Laurel's life in danger as a consequence. This is another good cozy from the reliable Carolyn Hart.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Such Fun!, March 2, 2000

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Pollybug (Philadelphia PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deadly Valentine (Death on Demand Mysteries, No. 6) (Mass Market Paperback)

I'm kind of torn over which Annie & Max book I love the most -- Deadly Valentine or Southern Ghost. However, if you like light mysteries, you can't go wrong with a Hart book. Annie & Max are the most delightful detective spouses since Nick and Nora Charles. And I, like the reader from Illinois, like it when authors use the same characters from book to book -- The town of Broward's Rock and its inhabitants are utterly charming. And for goodness sake, take heed to the writers/books Hart makes reference to -- some of them are wonderful!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable, but far too many book references, February 4, 2009

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Julie Bryant "An Avid Reader" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Deadly Valentine (Death on Demand Mysteries, No. 6) (Mass Market Paperback)

Annie & Max Darling are a favorite sleuthing couple of mine, and this book is -- at the core -- another enjoyable visit with them. Ms. Hart's writing style is wonderfully paced as always. It does seem that this particular story has far too many references to other mysteries, mystery authors and characters, though. After awhile, I started glazing over those references as they didn't add to my understanding of the plot or character motivation. In fact, I would say they were distracting. I don't remember quite as many of these references in Ms. Hart's other Death on Demand stories, fortunately.