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4.0 out of 5 stars
Another goodie from Judy, January 5, 2000
In Judy Fitzwater's third Jennifer Marsh installment we get more of the same wackiness that readers have come to expect from her first two books. This time Jennifer is working with P.I. Johnny Z. (a Bogart wanna-be) who gets Jennifer caught in the middle of yet another murder that to make matters worse forces her to move-in with her (sort-of) boyfriend Sam and baby-sit her client. While the plot is somewhat predictable the characters make it all worthwhile. I think I read these simply to find out if Jennifer will ever actually admit to loving Sam and whether she will ever have Jaimie (her unborn and not yet conceived child). Judy has great character development from the first thru the third book and as always, I love listening in on her writers group discuss their plots (the newest being A children's mystery featuring a Squirrel, entitled "Where have all the nuts gone?" or something as witty as that). These books are a great vacation from the hard boiled and psychologically intense mysteries - and are just a whole lot of fu
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Hilarious scenes, but book needed more work, July 22, 2000
Jennifer Marsh, a pre-published mystery writer, returns in DYING FOR A CLUE. Deciding a little PI experience will help provide authenticity to her writing, Jennifer accompanies sleazy PI Johnny "Z" on a case at a local fertility clinic. When things turn violent and a nurse is killed and Z is shot, Jennifer hides in a garbage dumpster (a really hilarious scene) and escapes harm. The hoodlums manage to ID her and break into her apartment, and Jennifer puts her "how-to-escape-when-someone-breaks-into- my-apartment" scenario (another great scene) into effect. While her apartment is being repaired, Jennifer moves in with her reporter boyfriend, Sam, for protection. In an attempt to figure out why the nurse was killed and Z was shot, Jennifer investigates the clinic staff and Z's client, a college coed who wants to locate her birth parents. Unfortunately, Jennifer isn't very bright, because she isn't able to figure out the clues when they are handed to her on a silver platter. The coed's real identity was obvious to me at once from the clues given, and I kept waiting for Jennifer to catch up to me. Jennifer's supporting characters, including her writer's group, are in fine form, and were the best part of the book. An interesting read, but the author needs to work on her plot developments and the clues she provides the reader.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Hang in there, Jennifer!, November 13, 2002
My favorite of the Jennifer Marsh series (up to Dying to Get Her Man, and hoping for more...) The plot will remind you of Mary Higgins Clark's books here, but the style is purely Fitzwater. Johnny Z is a fun character, and between him and the writers' group, you'll keep grinning. And of course you will keep routing for Jennifer... to get the bad guy AND to get published! A definite must to bring along next time you have to sit in the doctor's waiting room.
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