The Doctor Makes a Dollhouse Call [Mass Market Paperback]

Robin Hathaway (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Minotaur Books (2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 031227341X
• ISBN-13: 978-0312273415
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

More About the Author

BIO: Robin Hathaway

Robin Hathaway began writing at fifty and collected rejection slips until she was sixty, when her novel THE DOCTOR DIGS A GRAVE won the St. Martin's Malice Domestic prize, and later an Agatha Award. She now has two series both featuring doctor sleuths. Dr. Andrew Fenimore is a Philadelphia cardiologist who practices solo and still makes house calls. Jo Banks is a young woman doctor who provides healthcare to motel residents and makes her motel calls on a motorcycle. SLEIGHT OF HAND, her most recent in this series, won the 2009 David Award. Robin is not a doctor, but her husband is a cardiologist and she uses him shamelessly as her #1 medical resource. Right now Robin is taking a break from her two series to work on a spy novel set at Cape May during WWII. www.RobinHathaway.com

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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful Americanization of a Ms. Christie-like cozy, December 30, 1999

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Doctor Makes a Dollhouse Call (A Doctor Fenimore Mystery) (Hardcover)

Just before the Revolutionary War, the Pancoast family founded Seacrest, a resort town near Philadelphia. Over two centuries later, the townsfolk still hold the Pancoast family in high esteem. Especially loved are the senior citizen Pancoast sisters Judith and Emily. The duo own an incredible dollhouse that is identical to every nook and cranny in their mansion. Additionally, family members have a miniature that is an exact replica of them.

This year, the siblings are preparing the Thanksgiving dinner when they notice the doll of their niece Pamela lying face down in her plate. They think mice must have knocked the doll over. However, Pamela is found dead. The two sisters ask their friend Dr. Andrew Fenimore to look into the death. Besides being a physician, Andrew has experience as an amateur sleuth. He learns that someone poisoned Pamela. Soon two more family members die with their replicas giving a foreshadowing of their death. As months go by and more killings follow, it soon appears that only the murderer will remain as the sole living family member; that is if the killer is even a Pancoast.

Anyone who has read Agatha Christie's AND THEN THERE WERE NONE or seen one of the movies of that novel will realize that Robin Hathaway has put her own spin to the tale. The concept works as it maintains a freshness that will fascinate the audience until the novel is finished. The first class story line stars two adorable elderly ladies and an amateur detective. Though the murder count is high, violence is nil and kept off-stage. Thus, in spite the constant killings, Ms. Hathaway has written a wonderful Americanization of a Ms. Christie-like cozy.

Harriet Klausner

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a great miniature mystery!, January 30, 2000

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Mary Harnwell (Phil., PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Doctor Makes a Dollhouse Call (A Doctor Fenimore Mystery) (Hardcover)

This is a wonderful story which uses a doll's house to give clues as to who will be murdered next. The characters are interesting and well developed. The book leaves you wanting to read the next adventure.