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Good mystery read!, October 28, 2002
I enjoyed this jessica fletcher mystery. It brings to life Las Vegas and the gambling world. There is also the courtroom setting and a behind-the-scenes look of being part of a defense team. In my opinion, the jessica fletcher mysteries are getting better and better. Keep up the good work.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Jessica goes to help a friend charged with murder, April 28, 2003
Sitting down to read a Murder She Wrote book is like reading a letter from a dear friend. From watching the tv shows for so many years, I feel like I know all the regular characters. I can see them in my mind.
Jessica and some of her friends traveled to Las Vegas to watch their friend Martha marry Victor Kildaire two years ago. Martha had previously been widowed. Her first husband was a doctor in Cabot Cove. Dr. Seth Hazlitt isn't too fond of her new husband and the quickness of the wedding.
Now Jessica is traveling alone to Las Vegas. Martha has been charged with Victor's murder. Jessica does not believe she is guilty. She starts asking questions and getting information. She joins Martha's defense team and stays at her house. This gives Jessica more access to information. She is interviewed by Court TV.
Victor was a high-rolling Las Vegas local with three ex-wives and many people who were jealous of him. The suspects are almost unlimited. The three ex-wives were diverse and very suspicious.
Once again Jessica is assisting a friend and getting herself in dangerous situations. I enjoyed this book. It is always fun to read a Murder She Wrote book. It is definitely a cozy. I do prefer the ones set in Cabot Cove, ME, as I know most of the people in those. But this book was well written with a good plot and interesting characters.
Not having been to Las Vegas I can't say whether the setting was accurate, but it fit what I know about Las Vegas.
The authors created enough suspects so that you could not easily figure out who did it.
I highly recommend this book and the whole Murder She Wrote series.
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Well written Murder she wrote, March 13, 2006
You Bet Your Life has Jessica Fletcher in Las Vegas to help investigate a murder and to get aquitted a friend of hers from Maine. I thought, for the most part, that this was a well written book, with accurate and interesting atmosphere of Las Vegas. Some threads weren't really tied together at the end, and anyone who commonly reads cozy Mysteries will quickly realize who did it, but, I still really enjoyed it. The trial unfolds interestingly, and the Las Vegas scene is well described.
I recommend this to cozy mystery lovers.
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