Fowl Prey (Bed-And-Breakfast Mysteries) [Mass Market Paperback]

Mary Daheim (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2001 | Series: Bed-And-Breakfast Mysteries

Leaving the Hillside manor in capable hands, bed-and-breakfast hostess Judith McMonigle heads north to Vancouver's Hotel Clovia with her irrepressibly voracious cousin Renie for a pre-Thanksgiving getaway. But when an addled and impoverished popcorn vendor is murdered -- along with his foul-mouthed pet parakeet -- a local copper's suspicious gaze settles on the two visiting Americans. The cousins, in turn, suspect one of the "Sacred Eight" -- an odd-duck assortment of glamorous showbiz glitterati currently gathered at the historic hotel. And unless Judith and Renie can pluck a killer from the secretive, star-studded group, their geese will be thoroughly cooked in short order!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Sly humor and domestic details...light and cozy fare." -- Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Mary Richardson Daheim is a Seattle native with a degree in communications from the University of Washington. Realizing at an early age that getting published in books with real covers might elude her for years, she worked on daily newspapers and in public relations to help avoid her creditors. She lives in her hometown in a century­-old house not unlike Hillside Manor, except for the body count. Daheim is also the author of the Alpine mystery series and the mother of three daughters.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Avon (January 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 038076296X
• ISBN-13: 978-0380762965
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #533,821 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #30 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Mystery & Thrillers > Authors, A-Z > ( D ) > Daheim, Mary

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Second in the series, February 17, 2001

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Karen Potts (Lake Jackson, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fowl Prey (Bed-And-Breakfast Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

In this book Judith McMonigle, madcap proprietor of a bed-and-breakfast, leaves her establishment to go on a vacation to Vancouver with her cousin and best friend, Renie. They go to the Clovia Hotel, a favorite with Renie and her husband, and while there they meet Marie, a girlhood friend who was a professional dancer and is now married to Max, a famous producer. Marie asks her old friends to join her and her friends who are all luminaries in the theater. Early in the book there is a murder, and Marie and her friends are the chief suspects. Judith, of course, feels that she is better qualified to solve the case than are the local police investigators. She and Renie follow several red herrings and pursue the pasts of each of their eight companions, with sometimes disastrous, sometimes hilarious results. This is a pleasant "cozy" for those who enjoy the genre.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not her best work, December 29, 2003

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P. Caskey "serenityto "T. Odell-Caskey"" (Garland, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fowl Prey (Bed-And-Breakfast Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

I read "Just Desserts," and found it pretty interesting, and was looking forward to seeing what happened with Judith and Joe, her high school boyfriend from several years ago. While this book mentions Joe and there is some slight interaction, it seems to me to be long and rambling, and the "Sacred Eight" characters are just annoying. I may try to read the next in the series, but I'm struggling to finish this one! Have no doubts, I WANTED to enjoy this book, but it seems tedious and slow-moving.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Grover Girls Take a Trip. Reviewer: Renee S. N.Y.C., August 20, 2009

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This review is from: Fowl Prey (Bed-And-Breakfast Mysteries) (Kindle Edition)

Okay, so this is Nancy Drew for grown-ups. Judith and Renie are fun characters, and while half the fun is in trying to solve the puzzle, ( you don't have a chance here ), the other half is just in enjoying the relationship between the two women and the antics they get up to. Either you like them or you don't. As far as the mystery goes, in this one you are not given all the clues, or if you are they were too obscure for me, but that didn't really bother me. If you like the writer to be scrupulously fair then this isn't the book for you. Love Renie's food obsession Lots of food tips if you are ever in the Pacific Northwest, and if you have Renie' constitution. It is also fun, for me, to read about slightly older heroines who are not relegated to Knitting and rockers. Reminds me of Elizabeth Peters' Jacqueline Kirby series. I wish she'd written more of those, but Amelia Peabody is still around, so that's good. I enjoy Daheim's writing, both for the throw-away humor and the plotting, and I don't see why the previous reviewer was so upset about her relationship with Gertrude. Might as well say she ought to give Sweetums to an animal shelter. Judith just accepts what is, and so should the reader. This is Daheim's world, and she can populate it any way she likes. Recommended.