Fall Into Death: A Booked For Travel Mystery [Large Print] [Paperback]

Emily Toll (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2, 2004

Travel agent Lynne Montgomery is checking out the sights for a future tour in New Hampshire - and checking in on her mother who's about to open a bed-and-breakfast. The old place needs a lot of work - but wood rot becomes the least of their problems when Lynne stumbles over the skeletons of two people under the basement floor.

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"A splendid new series brimming with excitement and atmosphere."
-- Tamar Myers

Product Details

• Paperback: 424 pages
• Publisher: Wheeler Publishing; 1st edition (December 2, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 158724828X
• ISBN-13: 978-1587248283
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,668,150 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Skeletons in the Basement, June 22, 2004

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L. Kelly (Lakewood, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fall into Death (A Booked for Travel Mystery #3) (Paperback)

California travel guide Lynne Montgomery hits the road again in the third Booked for Travel mystery, "Fall into Death". This episode finds Lynne and her twenty-something daughter Jenna visiting New England just in time for the fall "Leaf-Peeper" season. Lynne's 82-year-old mother Priscilla has recently purchased an old boarding house in New Hampshire, which she is planning to turn into a Bed and Breakfast. Also, Lynne wants to visit some sites in the New England area to develop a future tour itenerary for her travel business.

What should have been a pleasant sight-seeing vacation and visit with her mother quickly becomes complicated by Lynne's discovery of two skeletons in the basement of Priscilla's Bed and Breakfast Inn. It takes the New Hampshire State Police some time to figure out the identities of the two skeletons. After the victims are identified, Lynne and Jenna try to do a little research on their own to determine how the bodies wound up buried in the concrete basement of the boarding house.

The descriptions of the New England scenery and attractions were great, and made me want to see the beautiful fall colors for myself. Ms. Toll really packs in a lot of infomration about the historical destinations in New Hampshire and Vermont. However, the development of the plot really moved slowly. I was somewhat disappointed in the outcome of the mystery. In my opinion, the other books in this series were much more satisfying mysteries.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Autumn Colors in New England, May 16, 2004

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Celia Redmore "Celia Redmore" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fall into Death (A Booked for Travel Mystery #3) (Paperback)

A plucky, but ancient, grandmother's foray into the bed-and-breakfast business provides an excuse for her tour guide daughter and California-raised granddaughter to come and see the brilliant colors of a New England autumn. While they're there, they visit local museums, cider mills, quarries and the homes of New England's many famous authors. "Fall into Death" packs more information about sights in New England than half a dozen tourist guides.

When the murderer of the two young hippies, whose skeletons are unearthed during the B&B's renovation, makes an appearance, we're almost as taken aback as the characters. After all, as someone says, unearthing ancient bones is not exactly a nine-one-one emergency. That's probably as well: These characters are far too busy having fun to have time to deal with many such distractions.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Falls a Little Short of Previous Books, November 11, 2004

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Mark Baker (Santa Clarita, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fall into Death (A Booked for Travel Mystery #3) (Paperback)

Lynne Montgomery is on a working vacation. Along with her daughter Jenna, she's visiting her mother and checking out locations for a fall foliage tour next year. Her mother is renovating the house she just bought looking to turn it into a bed and breakfast. But on their first morning there, the workman discovers human bones cemented in the basement. Who was buried there? When? And most importantly, why? Meanwhile, Lynne thinks her mom may be in over her head with the financing and running of a bed and breakfast.

This series is always part adventure (very little clue following here) and part travel log. This book seems to err on the side of travel log, especially at the end. It really could have been written tighter. And I was disappointed in that a couple sub-plots were wrapped up almost as after thoughts. On the other hand, the series has a very inviting writing style, and it's easy to tag along on the adventure. I was especially glad to see a different side of Lynne. She was more relaxed here, and watching her interact with family instead of clients provided a different side of her.

This series is a good vacation read. Some light murder and mayhem mixed in with some interesting information about the area the book is set.