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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Loved it!,
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This review is from: Night of the Living Deb (Debutante Dropout Mysteries, No. 4) (Mass Market Paperback)
Brian Malone is one of the best young defense attorneys in the city. Brian is at "The Men's Club" (a bordello) treating his soon-to-be-married friend to a final wild night out. Brian hates the place and can hardly wait to leave. His interest perks up, though, when he spies a lady he knows and tries to catch up with her in the back of the club. That is the last anyone knows about Brian's where-abouts.
At the same time, Andrea "Andy" Kendricks is too busy to think about her boyfriend, Brian. Seems Brian's colleague and ex-girlfriend, Allie Price, has dragged Andy to a Chippendales' show. Andy is busy imagining what her mother, Cissy Blevins Kendricks, the Dallas society maven extraordinaire, would think should she find out where her daughter was. Shortly thereafter Andy finds out that Brian is missing. His friend claims that Brian ditched him and ran out of the club with one of the dancers. Allie may believe that, but Andy did not! Andy must put aside her mean spirited thoughts about Allie and team up with "the Blond Menace" to figure out what is going on. ***** Author Susan McBride has become one of my favorite mystery writers ever! Her characters are always so well developed and totally believable. How could I not adore Andy, the main character? She is perky, sassy, and often hilarious! This mystery will keep you on the edge of your seat AND laughing uproariously. Stellar! ***** Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Carianne Carleo-Evangelist,
This review is from: Night of the Living Deb (Debutante Dropout Mysteries, No. 4) (Mass Market Paperback)
Night of the Living Deb the latest offering from Susan McBride is a book that will have you chuckling from the opening pages. It's partially because there's a little bit of Andrea (Andy) Kendricks in all of us but also because it's an amusing read. From Andy's father's death to her search for her missing boyfriend Brian (who's also being searched for by a former girlfriend and the police), you can't help but be caught up in Andy's experiences. And for this reader, be grateful that they weren't my own experiences.
In this murder mystery, the fourth of a series featuring Andy Kendricks, she's left the debutante world behind, or has tried to, but realizes what a tangled world it is when she's mixed in trying to find her boyfriend Brian while still worrying about Allie, Stephen, Cissy and all of the others who make up part of her world. Brian disappeared after visiting a strip club, and soon becomes the suspect in a stripper's death. Going on clues, including one reference to her mother and cabbage, Andy goes under cover to try and find her boyfriend. The diverse characters allow each to serve as interesting complements to Andy, especially Brian. He's not the kind of boyfriend most readers would have imagined for Andy, yet you can feel her concern when he's missing. She does care about him. If the book has one fault it's the amount of characters: something common to McBride's works. These characters, by necessity, have to share the time and as a result, it's not possible to learn as much about the characters as the reader might like. I found myself wishing there was more available about the characters and that wasn't always possible. That said, I look forward to reading the others in the debutante series to learn more about Andy and her escapades. This is a quick read and an excellent choice for summer reading.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun from first word to the last,
By Armchair Interviews (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Night of the Living Deb (Debutante Dropout Mysteries, No. 4) (Mass Market Paperback)
(Fourth in the Debutante Dropout Mystery series)
Oh no! Andrea "Andy" Kendricks's favorite dude (a.k.a. boyfriend) is missing! Brian Malone was last seen at Dallas' popular strip joint, The Men's Club, trotting behind a hot blonde, supposedly to land a lap dance for his buddy Matty. That's the story anyhow. But truth be known, Andy's beau was seen sneaking out the club's back door with same said blonde, who was only wearing a flimsy, crotch-length robe, and he hasn't been seen or heard from since. I don't want to give too much away, but Brian better have a good explanation because Andy and her posse (her socialite mother, Cissy; Brian's law colleague and ex-girlfriend, Allie Price; and Cissy's new man-friend, Stephen Howard) are gonna hunt him down like a dog to see what nonsense this straight-laced guy is up to. Such is the basic plot line from Susan McBride's Night of the Living Deb, the fourth installment in the Debutante Dropout Mystery series. McBride is at her best in this midnight caper that's a cross between the elegance of a Cary Grant movie and silliness of an Abbott and Costello movie. Andy drops fewer clothing-designer names but hones in on pop culture, which made it easier for the non-fashionista like me to relate to. Also, readers get to know Andy a little better since her passion for painting is revealed. Andy's internal and external voice is flawless, and McBride has sharpened that comedic timing that is so difficult to emulate, especially on paper. Night of the Living Deb is fun, smart and sassy. It's a great way to break the mid-winter blues or the perfect paperback to pack for that spring vacation. Armchair Interviews says: This book is a hoot!
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