The new E.J. Pugh mystery - Romantic novelist E.J. Pugh has been nominated for a coveted award from the American Romance Writers Association . . . The convention should have been fun and informative. It should never have resulted in the dead body found at the bottom of the stairs. After six years of peace, E.J. is again thrown into a crime scene, where the big questions assault her: why, and who did it? And whom can she trust?
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Susan Rogers Cooper was an administrator for a medical malpractice company for many years. She also volunteered at a battered women's shelter in Austin where she set up a training program for new volunteers. She lives in Lockhart, Texas.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Susan Rogers Cooper Does It Again!,
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This review is from: Romanced to Death (E.J. Pugh Mystery) (Hardcover)
It's been seven years since Susan Rogers Cooper (and the rest of us) visited E.J Pugh; wife, mother of three, romance novelist, and sleuth. Was "Romanced To Death", the new E.J. Pugh mystery worth the wait? You better believe it! The book follows E.J. to the American Romance Writers Association convention in Austin, TX, where she almost immediately is embroiled in murder, mayhem, and catty backstabbing. Interspersed throughout E.J.'s escapades is a deeper, darker story involving her 13 year old adopted daughter, whose family was brutally murdered nine years before. Cooper uses flashbacks to her first E.J. Pugh mystery "One, Two, What Did Daddy Do?" to set this part of the story up, which allows new readers to appreciate this book as a stand alone, if they've never read any of the previous books in the series. For fans and faithful readers, Cooper's characters are still fresh, her plotting is first rate, and the resolution is very satisfying!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Fabulous in all aspects,
This review is from: Romanced to Death (E.J. Pugh Mystery) (Hardcover)
I've read Cooper before but not this series. I realize that I've picked it up "in the middle" but there's enough back story to follow what happened before. This was everything I look for in a light mystery--humor, good dialogue, a complex mystery, good death scenes, and excellent characterizations. I have a teenage daughter and felt the honesty in the scenes dealing with the E.J.'s 3 teenage children. There were times I literally laughed out loud. And, more importantly, there wasn't a time when the murders and the "whodunit" aspect felt secondary to the story (something that occasionally happens in other humorous mysteries). Definitely a recommendation and I'm looking for the others.
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Death at a Romance Writers Convention -- Audio Review,
By Sires "I enjoy mysteries, historical and proc... (Chesapeake, OH, United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Romanced to Death (Audio Cassette)
This book is narrated by Nicole Poole. She does a good job with the various accents. It is about 8 hours long.
Cooper manages to sustain suspense with multiple viewpoints. This could have been a disaster, but she manages to keep up the action with some interesting twists. Part of the action is happening in E. J. Pugh's home town of Black Cat Ridge, Texas, the rest is set at the American Romance Writers Association convention in Austin. E. J. Pugh has been nominated for a Lady award and is attending her first ARWA convention. She is immediately introduced by a friend she met through email, to a group of veteran writers, a truly obnoxious convention administrator--"The Beast", and her greatest fan, a/k/a, stalker, who EJ dubs Comb-over Boy. It's no surprise that someone is murdered. Meanwhile, back at Black Cat Ridge, her adopted daughter, Elizabeth, is being stalked. In the first book in this series Elizabeth's entire family was murdered. While E.J. solved that mystery, it's clear that someone connected with it is now after the lone survivor. Meanwhile E. J.'s 15 year old son is about to learn an important life lesson. Funny as well as suspenseful, I really enjoyed this one. Cooper is one of those writers whose characters tend to be both eccentric and down home.
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