Freeze My Margarita [Hardcover]

Lauren Henderson (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY) (February 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0609607448
• ISBN-13: 978-0609607442
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Witty and mildly amusing, March 21, 2000

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D. P. Birkett (Suffern, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Freeze My Margarita: A Sam Jones Novel (Paperback)

The characters are all clever and amusing artistic and creative people. None of them ever has parents or children or siblings or money troubles. If you don't mind those limitations it's an entertaining read. Where was Violet the week she was late? They find out she wasn't in Goa and then the issue disappears. Maybe I should reread. But it's not the sort of book you go back to reread. Light and sexy and enjoyable. Another mystery is what happened to the other Amazon reader reviews. Reading them made me buy the book but now they're not there. Some raved and some panned.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars WONDERFUL READ!, May 8, 2001

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C. A Scovel "Christina Scovel" (Los Alamos, NM) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Freeze My Margarita: A Sam Jones Novel (Paperback)

Lauren has produced another entertaining read. Sam Jones has yet again found herself in the mitts of a mystery. She meets up with an old friend who asks her to think about making some piece of art for a performance of Midnight Summer's Dream. She agrees and everything from love, death and odd diet control techniques follow. This book would have been a 5 if it hadn't covered the production aspects of a play so much. I really didn't enjoy that bit. Otherwise, another fun read from Lauren Henderson! And if you finish the book you will understand the title.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sam Jones is back, and shes got *your* number, mate!, August 16, 2000

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John DiBello (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Freeze My Margarita: A Sam Jones Novel (Paperback)

Sam Jones is back! The busty, vibrant, outrageous and unapologetic heroine of "Black Rubber Dress" (think Kelly Brook with a talent for art, and for witty repartee, for that matter) tackles a series of murders threatening to shut down a off-West End production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Sculptor Sam's producing elaborate sculpture mobiles for the play, but you know her involvement in the production will include sleuth as well. The London setting, slang, and wild characters all contribute to the contemporary, modern mood of the mystery, and this is definitely a heroine-detective for the 21st century. The casual sex and casual drug use we saw Sam indulge in during "Black Rubber Dress" is present but *much* understated in "Freeze"-enough to make her an unorthodox and wild character, not so much that we wonder how she manages to get through ordinary day-to-day life. And *no*, she's *not* a dominatrix, as another reviewer suggests. Although the book opens with Sam in a d/s bar, it's clear she's a bit out of her element (although always willing to try anything!).

As always, the personalities shine more than the mystery, which takes a definite back seat to such characters as stage diva Violet, and Sam's newest lust interest, the flamboyant `is-he-or-isn't-he' Hugo. (Answer: he isn't, as Sam finds out, much to her pleasure). As I did with "Black Rubber Dress," I wished the mystery itself was more developed and less of a casual background to develop characters. Perhaps taking Sam out of her familiar London and into the art scene of New York will add a few twists in her third mystery, "The Strawberry Tattoo," coming this fall.

For those who think British mysteries must be either hardboiled police procedurals set in Manchester or `Oh dear, the vicar's been murdered in the drawing room during tea time,' try this series: definitely unorthodox, reflecting the young urban London of today, with a great heroine, sharply drawn supporting cast, and sprightly realistic dialogue. Like Sam itself, this mystery is vibrant, flirtatious, witty, and above all, fun.