Murder On the Chesapeake [Mass Market Paperback]

David Osborn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1993

When a scholarship student is found hanging from the chapel bell tower at Margaret Barlow's alma mater, the amateur sleuth returns to the exclusive boarding school and plans an ingenious trap for the killer. Reprint.

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From Publishers Weekly

Following her introduction in Murder on Martha's Vineyard, photojournalist Margaret Barlow, whose hobby is hang-gliding, is summoned to her granddaughter Nancy's private girls' school, her own alma mater, in this cozy mystery. A freshman scholarship student at Brides Hall has died mysteriously, apparently having hanged herself on a chapel bell rope. Most of the student body believes it was suicide, but Maryland homicide Lt. Michael Dominic suspects murder, and asks Margaret to find out what the students and the administrators, many of whom are Margaret's old schoolmates, aren't telling the police. Parents' weekend, with an operetta and annual boat race, hampers the police investigation but aids Margaret's investigative efforts. Only the graphic description of an additional, particularly gruesome murder mars the gentility of this satisfying tale featuring Osborn's intrepid middle-aged sleuth.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal

New York-based freelance photojournalist Margaret Barlow--50ish, but athletic and younger-looking--drives to Bride's Hall, a girls' school in Maryland, to comfort her granddaughter after a murder there. Herself an alumna with access to insiders, Margaret stays on to assist the investigation at the request of 40ish, disturbingly handsome Lieutenant Dominic. Despite threats, evidence of embezzlement, and further murder, she persists until uncovering the killer. Osborn ( Murder on Martha's Vineyard , Lynx Bks., 1989) crafts a lightweight, but for the most part smoothly written and lively puzzler.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 301 pages
• Publisher: Zebra Books (May 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821741659
• ISBN-13: 978-0821741658
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,437,969 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't Bother, March 7, 2003

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MPMP "mpmp1949" (Santa Fe, NM) - See all my reviews

This review is from: MURDER ON THE CHESAPEAKE: A MARGARET BARLOW MYSTERY (Hardcover)

Boring, inane plot with a "heroine" who is so self-centered and shallow you wonder why you are bothering to read another word about her. Try Perri O'Shaughnessy's books instead.

5.0 out of 5 stars David Osborn, June 8, 2011

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This review is from: MURDER ON THE CHESAPEAKE: A MARGARET BARLOW MYSTERY (Margaret Barlow Mysteries) (Paperback)

Love David Osborn books, I have only found 3. which were all good. Read, Murder on Marthas Vinyard, Murder on Chesapeak and Murder in the Napa Valley. Are there any more???