Reel Murder: A Talk Radio Mystery [Mass Market Paperback]

Mary Kennedy (Author)

Book Description

Series: Talk Radio Mystery | Publication Date: June 1, 2010

Florida's newest talk show radio psychologist Maggie Walsh has no sooner gotten involved with a local movie production than the leading lady turns up dead. Now Maggie has to find the killer before the credits roll-or it might be her final performance.

Editorial Reviews

Review

One of the most appealing amateur sleuths to come along in years. Hook her up with Jessica Fletcher and no murderer shall ever go unpunished. --DONALD BAIN, author of the MURDER SHE WROTE series

A wry and clever debut!
--Carolyn Hart, author of the DEATH on DEMAND series

Mary Kennedy's smart and sophisticated radio shrink uses her wit and wiles to catch a killer. Frasier would be jealous! --Nancy Matin, author of the Blackbrid Sisters Mysteries and Our Lady of Immaculate Deception

.The second book in her series is fast-paced, exciting and very funny!  Romantic Times

For Mary, this series is the perfect write-what-you-know platform. It combines her experience in radio, training as a psychologist, sense of humor, and love of Florida.
--Dan Levy, journalist, entertainment reporter, The Big Thrill

From the Author

REEL MURDER
by Mary Kennedy
Genre: Mystery, Amateur Sleuth, Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

RT Rating-4 1/2 stars!

Kennedy is a clinical psychologist who specializes in forensics. This second book in her Talk Radio series is quick paced, exciting and very funny. In many cozies the mystery matters somewhat less than the characters and their personal interaction, and this one is no exception.

Maggie Walsh is Florida's newest talk-show psychologist. Wanting to leave the stress of New York City and her successful practice behind, she has moved to Cypress Grove, a very small town, to host a radio show. When her forever hopeful, if not as successful, actress mother comes to visit with a small part in an independent film, she helps get Maggie a job as script consultant.
On the first day of filming, when the despised leading lady is shot dead with a prop gun, Maggie can't leave the mystery alone. The tantalizingly sexy detective working the case wants her to stay away, but Maggie can't resist. (OBSIDIAN, Jun., 320 pp., $6.99)
Reviewed By: Page Traynor
--Romantic Times gives REEL MURDER a thumbs up!

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Signet (June 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451230841
• ISBN-13: 978-0451230843
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #900,845 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

STAY TUNED FOR MURDER, the 3rd in the Talk Radio Mysteries is available now! Here's a sneak peek at the series: Maggie Walsh, the heroine, is a former clinical psychologist in Manhattan who closes up her practice to enjoy the sun and sand in south Florida. My agent pitched it and sold it on the basis of five words: Frasier Meets Murder She Wrote. Why? Well, because Maggie snares a job as a radio talk show host (think Frasier) and solves a murder in every book. (think Jessica Fletcher) STAY TUNED has a little woo-woo element because a phony psychic, Chantel Carrington, comes to town, angling for Maggie's job at WYME Radio. Can Chantel really talk to the dead? You'll have to decide for yourself. Maggie's too busy trying to solve a double murder and save her job to have a definitive answer on that question.

STAY TUNED for MURDER is my 40th novel. The best part of being a writer is the actual creation of a novel and seeing it develop from an idea to a finished product. And I love travelling all over the country, speaking at conferences, libraries, schools and military bases, meeting terrific people along the way. So that gives you a little window into my world. Hope you enjoy the book! You can find me on my website www.marykennedy.net or on Facebook.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Maggie and Lola do it again in Reel Murder, June 2, 2010

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Martha A. Cheves (Charlotte, NC) - See all my reviews
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`It was giving me a little chill to think that the murderer was probably right here on the set with us. It had to be someone connected with the Death Watch production, didn't it? So many possibilities. I'd narrowed them down in my mind, turning them over and over, and outside of Frankie Domino - who still was the mystery man - all of them had a motive for killing Adriana. Sidney Carter had Adriana to thank for his ruined career. There was no love lost between Sandra Michaels and Adriana, that much was clear. Carla hated Adriana, and blamed her for the loss of a lucrative book deal. And Hank Watson? Adriana's death certainly paved the way for his young girlfriend, Tammilynne, to step into the starring role. And if Adriana really had been having an affair with Lori's husband, maybe the actress would have been angry enough to kill her. My head was reeling, and Nick interrupted my jumbled thoughts.'

Maggie Walsh is a Cypress Grove, Florida talk show psychologist. Her mother Lola is an aging actress still waiting to be noticed by an A-list producer. Hopefully, someone will notice her as she plays a part in a movie being produced in Cypress Grove called Death Watch.

Maggie is invited to serve as a script consultant for the show, working mainly with by Sandra Michaels in her part as a forensic psychologist. As Maggie, the director and assistant director watch the scene taking place on the water's edge between Adriana St. James, the leading lady, meets with the killer Jeff Walker, the unthinkable happens. When Walker pulls the trigger of the prop gun, Adriana falls but the blood flowing from the wound is not prop blood. It's real. As Maggie starts her own investigation in the death of Adriana, she finds the wasn't the most fondly thought of person on the set. It seemed that everyone Maggie met had nothing but bad things to say about Adriana, making everyone a suspect.

This is my second book in the Maggie Walsh series that I've read. The 1st in the series is titled "Dead Air." And it kept me going to the end. When I read a mystery, I like to see how quickly I can discover the guilty party. I usually make a note of the page number that I'm on when I make my decision. Sometimes I have to change that number many times before the end of the book. With Reel Murder, I had no clue until page #268 and this book is only 292 pages long! Mary Kennedy kept me in suspense that long! As in Dead Air, you will find humor as well as excitement and fast page turning.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Decent, October 30, 2010

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I like this series, but as a South Floridian, it annoys me that the author has set her book here but has apparently done no research at all on the area. She constantly flubs the locations of town and landmarks and includes silly things, like characters driving on A1A to get from Palm Beach County to Miami (a trip that would take hours doing that way).

The characters are cute and I've enjoyed both stories so far, but I feel like the author's been sloppy in her research, which takes away from my enjoyment.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Enjoyable Book. No Foul Language, July 11, 2010

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I really enjoyed this book. So many books nowadays have all kinds of foul language and sex in them. I hope Mary Kennedy will continue to write these good books.