The Doctor Makes a Dollhouse Call [Mass Market Paperback]

Robin Hathaway (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 15, 2000

Emily and Judith Pancoast, elderly sisters, are the owners of a priceless dollhouse that is an exact replica of their Victorian home in a small seaside resort near Philadelphia. The dollhouse is inhabited by dolls that the sisters crafted to resemble each member of their family.

On Thanksgiving Day, just before relatives arrive for dinner, Emily Pancoast discovers that the dollhouse dining room table, set in miniature of the real one, is in total disarray and the doll representing their niece Pamela is lying facedown in her dessert plate. When Pamela's death soon follows, the sisters turn to the physician detective, Dr. Andrew Fenimore.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Minotaur Books; 1st edition (December 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312974930
• ISBN-13: 978-0312974930
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #852,167 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very similar to Agatha Christie, December 31, 2000

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DeAnna Ferguson "hieroglyphs_books" (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Doctor Makes a Dollhouse Call (Mass Market Paperback)

Dr. Andrew Fennimore, an old-fashioned doctor who actually makes house calls, gets drawn into a mystery reminiscent of those written by Agatha Christie. Two sisters own a dollhouse, and before each murder, one of the dolls is murdered exactly as the victim is. Even when the sisters destroy the dollhouse, the murders continue. Although I enjoyed this book very much, it wasn't hard to figure out who the murderer was. Set up like Christie's "And Then There Were None," there was only one person who could logically be the murderer. Still, Robin Hathaway does an excellent job of setting up the main characters: the doctor, his assistants, and the two elderly sisters whose dollhouse becomes so sinister. I easily rooted for Andrew and worried for the sisters.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Murder in miniature, April 17, 2001

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Louise C. Stone (Sunland, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Doctor Makes a Dollhouse Call (Mass Market Paperback)

I have developed a real fondness for Dr. Fenimore and Mrs. Doyle. I find Hathaway's books comfortable in that she does not over-burden the reader with superfluous characters or twists and turns. I become quite attached to these folks while reading of their dilema, family relationships, and the motivations behind the murder(s). I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to have a fun, quick, uncomplicated read.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Doctor Makes a Dollhouse Call, March 12, 2006

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Agatha Holmes (Cecil County MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Doctor Makes a Dollhouse Call (Mass Market Paperback)

This is a fun and fast paced mystery much in the style and theme of Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians. In fact, there is a lot to compare it to that familiar mystery. Still, it has suspense and puzzlement as one by one members of a family are killed off after discovering a similar fate has befallen tiny dolls in a family dollhouse. Dr. Fenimore and his compatriots are interesting and fun to get to know. The avid mystery reader may figure this out before the last chapters, but there is enough good misdirection to keep you guessing. This is a pleasant way to spend an afternoon or two.