Ransom for a Holiday [Paperback]

Fred Hunter (Author)

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• Paperback
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press (1997)
• ASIN: B000OTJRA6
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,794,948 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good addition to the series, December 11, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Ransom for a Holiday (Jeremy Ransom/Emily Charters Mysteries) (Hardcover)

Chicago homicide detective Jeremy Ranson decides that his amateur sleuthing partner Emily Charters needs a vacation after undergoing open heart surgery. The grandmotherly Emily agrees to the two of them going to a Michigan guest house for the holidays because she thinks her young charge needs rest before he burns out from his high pressured job.

Neither one expected nor wanted to get embroiled in a murder mystery at Sara Bartlett's guest house. However, this is not to be the case as a nasty drifter is murdered. Emily and Jeremy, who both like to see justice served, learn that Sara's brother was murdered two years ago. The lodge has been closed since then until it was recently reopened. It appears to the unlikely Windy City duo that someone will use murder as a tool to keep a secret involving the guest house buried.

RANSOM FOR A HOLIDAY is a very interesting Midwest cozy, starring two likable characters who turn the series into the fun experience it is. Emily is the classic star of cozies while Jeremy is the epitome of the caring inner city cop. The who-done-it is well designed and the secondary players add much depth. However, like the previous books, this novel is clearly not for those who like non-stop action. Instead, readers who enjoy a an intellectual plot need to try all five of Fred Hunter's Ransom-Charters tales.

Harriet Klausner

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars from Publisher's Weekly:, September 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Ransom for a Holiday (Jeremy Ransom/Emily Charters Mysteries) (Hardcover)

Mystery traditionalists will enjoy Hunter's careful plotting and thrills of a chaste and purely cerebral nature.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars from Etc:, September 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Ransom for a Holiday (Jeremy Ransom/Emily Charters Mysteries) (Hardcover)

The relationship between Ransom and Charters is almost as much fun to read as the mystery plot. If your Christmas holidays are always uneventful or unsatisfying, read about theirs. It was lots more interesting.