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Murder Is The Deal Of The Day (Worldwide Library Mysteries)

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St. Louis couple Gil and Claire Hunt have found happiness with one another after both suffered from failed marriages. Gil enjoys being the owner of a neighborhood bookstore while Claire loves hosting a local shopping show.

Their blissful existence is interrupted by a serial killer. The culprit murders women, leaving behind victims watching Claire's TV show. The police make no progress and begin to wonder if Claire or her spouse could be the murderer. Instead of waiting around for the law enforcement officials to either arrest or exonerate them, the Hunts go on the hunt for a killer, not realizing that they may have inadvertently placed Claire in the path of the murderer.

MURDER IS THE DEAL OF THE DAY is a top rate new entry for an exciting amateur sleuthing couple. The mystery is well designed and insight into the TV business adds just the right amount of background color. St. Louis comes alive, becoming more than a non-McDonald's arch and the Cardinals. This hopefully is the first collaboration in a series of mysteries by the newly formed team of Robert Randisi and Christine Matthews.

Harriet Klausner

... and I can't believe that anyone didn't!!

It was a fun, sweet mystery, suspenseful, and SO full of love betweem the main characters, I nearly cried while reading .. even before the ending! <g>

(Yes, I'm a sucker for good romance in a good mystery!)

Pat, looking forward to MORE Gil & Claire adventures! :D

Disappointingly mediocre. St. Louis deserves to be spotlighted much better than this. I read an interview with the authors, in which they claim that Gil & Claire are supposed to be modeled after Nick and Nora Charles of the classic Thin Man film series. Well, they're not even close. The dialogue is not terribly clever and the characters aren't very interesting. Plus halfway through the murderer is revealed and the book muddles itself into a standard woman-in-jeopardy climax. If not for the frequent and accurate descriptions of St. Louis and its neighborhoods I'm not sure I would have finished this slight mystery.

This book has no suspense, the dialogue is trite, and the killer is obvious.

Needs fleshing out; characters seem stilted and lifeless (and I don't mean the victims). The protagonists have been compared to Nick and Nora Charles - not likely! They do not intrigue me in the least and as for the inane ending.... Not recommended.