Clever sleuth Charlie Plato, a nineties woman with keen insight into the wily ways of the criminal mind, returns to track down a cold-blooded killer in a barn burner of a story.
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Charlie Plato, part-owner of CHAPS, a western bar and dance hall outside San Francisco, engages in an affable fourth outing (following Dead Beat and Deadly). Charlie's business partner, tight-lipped Angel Cervantes, has always thought that his father, Vic, killed his mother before running off with another woman many years ago. When Vic's body is found in a storage locker, Angel and his brother, Miguel, become prime suspectsAand it doesn't help that Miguel once vowed to kill Vic to avenge their mother's death. Angel says they didn't do it, however, and asks Charlie and Zack Hunter, a CHAPS senior partner and former TV star, to investigate the murder on the siblings' behalf. At Vic's wake, the two sleuths meet Roxy, the girl Vic ran away with, and Hank, her sleazy brother. Roxy claims she and Vic were a loving, committed couple, even though he had recently left her for a younger woman. Vic wasn't as loved by his boss, the contractor in whose locker the corpse was found. As she pieces together the deceased's life, Charlie gets threatening e-mail messages and is ambushed with rocks while driving. These mishaps only convince the indefatigably upbeat heroine that she and Zack are on the killer's trail. Meanwhile, the duo's on-again/off-again relationship heats up, despite Charlie's assurances that she's over Zack. The ongoing flirtation is lightly enjoyable, and though Chittenden's breezy prose prevents the buildup of any serious suspense, series fans will find the novel an amenable romp. (July)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Charlie Plato, part-owner of a country-western tavern, dives into another murder mystery near San Francisco when local police discover a body in an abandoned storage locker. The fourth in the series, this features the usual inviting and bouncy prose from the onset.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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A mystery not to be missed.,
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This review is from: Don't Forget To Die: A Charlie Plato Mystery (Hardcover)
Charlie Plato, a 30-something redhead is divorced and one of the owners of Chaps, a country western nightclub. One half is owned by tv star Zach Hunter. In this, the fourth book of the series, Charlie continues to fight her raging hormones when it comes to Zach and even convinces herself she has conquered those "baser animal instincts." The mysterious Angel, another partner, is the focus of this adventure. Not only do the others find out he has a brother, but that his father has just been found murdered. Charlie and Zach get on the case to prove that neither brother committed the murder, but there are plenty of other suspects and some surprising revelations. Fred Astaire was a perfectionist who practiced and practiced until he got it right, yet when we watch him we can believe that his routines were spontaneous. He makes it look so easy. Margaret Chittenden has that same deceptively smooth and professional grace. Although we know she labored over each and every word and phrase, it feels as if she is right there with us telling a story with the prose equivalent of the great Astaire's style.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Latest Charlie Plato amteur sleuth tale is the best to date,
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This review is from: Don't Forget To Die: A Charlie Plato Mystery (Hardcover)
Charlie Plato owns a sixth share of Chaps, a country and western bar that specializes in in-line dancing. Former TV superstar Zach Hunter owns most of the remainder of shares of the establishment. Burned by a nasty divorce, Charlie works extra hard to check her raging hormones, which erupt whenever she comes in close proximity to Zach. The duo spends an inordinate amount of time together whenever they become involved in a homicide investigation. Their latest case involves another co-owner, Angel Cervantes, who asks for their help. The corpse of Angel's father was recently found in a storage locker. The victim killed Angel's mother before deserting his family. Angel and his brother had tracked their father to San Francisco, planning to bring him to justice. Now they fear they are the prime suspects and want their names cleared. Charlie and Zach begin making inquiries. DON'T FORGET TO DIE is Meg Chittendon at her very best as she adds a whole lot of extra sexual tension between the two lead protagonists that the audience can really feel. As usual, the mystery is well executed and the audience will be fascinated by the personal life of one of the most enigmatic secondary characters to grace fiction. Upon reading this novel, impatience for the next installment is the order of the day. Harriet Klausner
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