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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun, fun mystery, January 8, 2007
This review is from: Elementary, My Dear Watkins (Smart Chick Mysteries, Book 3) (Paperback)
The third book in the Smart Chick Mystery series, Elementary, My Dear Watkins,finds Jo Tulip once again dispensing household advice in her newspaper column, solving a mystery, and pursuing her love interest.
All three converge when she receives anonymous messages through her advice column warning of danger. Her ex-fiance informs Jo that it is her life in danger right before he takes a fall in front of a New York train. All the while, her present boyfriend who is working in Europe, must confront the reaches of Jo's powerful and wealthy family.
Jo Tulip's family is wealthy and dysfunctional--from a grandmother who has taken in a teenage girl, an aunt whose life revolves around the garden, parents who have tried to manipulate Jo's life, an uncle and cousin warring with her father in business, and the business itself. Her family may have some unusual members, but who would want her dead?
Will Jo be able to keep both herself and her long distance romance with Danny Watkins alive? Has her faith been tested beyond what it can take? Can she solve the mystery in time?
Armchair Interviews says: The story is humorous, multi-layered, faced-paced mystery, and slower-paced love story.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Satisfying Final Book, February 7, 2007
This review is from: Elementary, My Dear Watkins (Smart Chick Mysteries, Book 3) (Paperback)
It hasn't even quite been two months since Jo Tulip was almost killed by a maniac. She's almost recovered when she gets an anonymous e-mail telling her that her life is in danger. The police just aren't taking it very seriously.
Then her ex-fiance comes back into her life. Bradford has a bomb shell of his own. He finally explains why he left her at the alter six months before. But then he, too, warns her that her life is in danger. Before he can explain any more, someone tries to kill Jo, but Bradford winds up hurt instead.
Meanwhile, half a world away, Danny Watkins' internship is going extremely well. In fact, he's just gotten the opportunity to work for one of his professional heroes on a photo shoot. He happily heads out, unaware of the problems Jo is facing back home and just how they might affect his future.
Once again, Mindy Starns Clark has written a wonderful novel. It takes quite a while to figure out how Danny's storyline ties in with the rest of the book, but it does eventually do so. And that's the only complaint. Jo's plot is riveting, and actually ties things together nicely from the first book. Jo and Danny are wonderful characters to spend time with, and it's so easy to root for them to win. In stead of being preachy, this novel weaves the Christian elements expertly into the story.
You really do need to read this trilogy in order, but they are great reads. Be sure to set aside plenty of time because these books will draw you in and not let you go until the final page.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The latest Trouble With Tulip leads to a Smart Chick mystery, March 21, 2007
This review is from: Elementary, My Dear Watkins (Smart Chick Mysteries, Book 3) (Paperback)
While her boyfriend Danny is in Paris on Scene It magazine business, Jo "Tips from the Tulip" remains home in New York recuperating from some injuries. Jo looks forward to Danny's return because the couple plans to marry soon afterward. However, not wanting to worry Danny or worse have him abort his photography internship work in France to come home, Jo hides from her fiancé her simple assertion that someone wants her dead.
Resolute and having solved some recent mysteries, Jo decides to investigate with the help of her grandmother, who she believes is somehow involved; at least the amateur sleuth thinks so. As Jo begins to uncover clues to motive and hopefully the identity, Danny has some difficult decisions to make that affect both of them.
The third Smart Chick mystery is like its predecessors (see BLIND DATES CAN BE MURDER and TROUBLE WITH TULIP) a delightful suspense thriller starring an intrepid heroine with health and household issues even before someone threatens her. The story line is fast-paced as Jo deals with her life threatening problems while across the ocean Danny struggles with his life choices. With plenty of suspects even family members, red herrings, and wit, chick lit mystery fans will immensely enjoy this entertaining amateur sleuth tale.
Harriet Klausner
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