Sure, Jackie Thum's newly published novel might not be Hemingway, but bad reviews from her fellow travelers have Emily Andrew's transgender ex-husband (Jackie was formerly Jack) steaming like a sauna. It's a dismal start to their Scandinavian tour, and group leader Emily is getting that sinking feeling in Helsinki: something fishy this way comes. When Jackie's most outspoken critic, a Floridian from a picture-perfect gated community called The Hamlets, is found dead, suspicion falls on Jackie -- who surprises everyone with an airtight alibi. But when another guest turns up dead, Emily realizes there is a killer hiding among them. Herrings, both red and pickled, abound on a Norwegian fjord cruise -- and Jackie is suddenly nowhere to be found. With her mother arranging a wedding disaster for Emily back home in Iowa, Emily must somehow salvage her nuptials from overseas while icing a killer -- before someone else meets a nasty Finnish.
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Maddy Hunter has endured disastrous vacations on three continents in the past five years. Despite this, she aspires to visit all seven continents in the future. G'Day to Die is the fifth novel in her critically acclaimed, bestselling Passport to Peril mystery series featuring Emily Andrew -- Alpine for You (an Agatha Award nominee for Best First Mystery), Top O' the Mournin', Pasta Imperfect, and Hula Done It? are available from Pocket Books. Maddy lives with her husband in Madison, Wisconsin.
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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Norway to Hide is not my favorite installment in the Passport to Peril series, but I still found it entertaining.
Fun, quirky thirty-something tour escort Emily Andrew and her group of lovable yet slightly annoying Iowa senior citizens are back on another tour, this time to Norway. Unfortunately, there is a group of senior citizens from Florida who is also on the tour and the two groups of seniors have taken a disliking to each other. What's more, there is something quite odd about the Florida group: they live in a freakishly-perfect, gated retirement community and each of them seem to have something to hide. As usual, poor Emily stumbles upon dead bodies, the victims of course being members of the tour group. With the aid of her irrepressible Nana, and some long distance detective help from her fiance and long distance computer hacking help from her mother, she begins to piece together the motive. Compounding Emily's worries is the fact that a tornado hit Iowa and destroyed the bridal shop, the church, and the location where her reception was supposed to be held. While Emily tries to find the killer on their tour in Norway, her well-intentioned mother has taken over the wedding preparations back home, and let's just say her taste is quite different from Emily's, and from that of other normal human beings, for that matter. My only two criticisms of the book is that there was too much focus on Jackie's histrionics (a little bit of her goes a long way) and that the tour of Norway was sort of shoved into the background. Usually, in these books, the author describes various areas in whichever country the book is set in, but not so much this time. I would still recommend this book to fans of Maddy Hunter's Passport to Peril series, and to any fan of fun, cozy, laugh-out-loud mysteries. I highly recommend you read this series in order. 1. Alpine for You (tour of Switzerland) 2. Top O' the Mournin' (tour of Ireland) 3. Pasta Imperfect (tour of Italy) 4. Hula Done It? (Hawaiian cruise) 5. G'Day to Die (tour of Australia) 6. Norway to Hide (tour of Norway)
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This review is from: Norway to Hide: A Passport to Peril Mystery (Passport to Peril Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)
The latest entry in Maddy Hunter's series does not disappoint those who expect a quick and fun read. This series is not meant to be heavy and serious, so the negative reviews are a bit puzzling. Emily Andrews, the protagonist, is quite likable as she strives to handle the bizarre occurrences and deaths that plague her trips, this time to Norway. Her tour group is quirky, but enjoyable, especially Nana and Jackie. While to some, the solution to the murders in this book may seem a bit unrealistic, anyone choosing books in this genre must suspend belief somewhat, but that's part of the charm of reading this type of book. This series continues to be fun. Give it a chance.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Very Funny But Light Cozy Mystery,
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Emily Andrews certainly has her hands full as she leads her group of senior citizens from Iowa on their tour through Norway. First, she is worried about the health of her beloved grandmother whose handwriting seems shaky all of a sudden. She is also trying to console her transgender ex-husband, Jackie, who is worried about the bad reviews and slow selling status of her first novel. Plus, she is getting married soon and her mother is busy fixing things after a disaster back home threatens her original plans. Throw in a couple of murders with Jackie as a suspect, and Emily once again is stuck trying to solve the murders and keep her sanity.
"Norway to Hide" is an extremely funny but light cozy mystery. The emphasis is on humor and not character development as most of the characters are over the top and not very believable in their actions. Readers who have read the other books in the series may be disappointed that Etienne is barely in the book and usually appears only in phone conversations with Emily. The characters are very funny, especially Jackie (who reminds me of Lula in Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum books) and her obsession with her Amazon reviews and sales. Many parts of the book are laugh out loud funny (a bit about a marshmallow almost being sold for a large amount of money was especially hilarious) but a lot of it is filler and doesn't move the story along. At times author Maddy Hunter tries too hard and a joke about the Boston Red Sox being cursed and never being able to win the World Series fell entirely flat. Hunter is at her best when her humor is over the top, like Emily's mother's plans for the wedding. The plot device of Emily helping a group of seniors' tour different countries feels more and more weak in each book of the series and I never got a feel of what Norway is like. In fact, at one point I thought they were on a cruise ship when they were actually in a hotel. The mystery elements were weak and the motive truly unbelievable. "Norway to Hide" is perfect for those who like very funny but light and fluffy cozy mysteries.
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