Scoop! (A Vicky Hill Exclusive!) [Paperback]

Hannah Dennison (Author)

Book Description

Series: A Vicky Hill Exclusive! | Publication Date: March 3, 2009

From the author of A Vicky Hill Exclusive! comes a delightful and dizzy new mystery with a sleuth like no other...

Obit writer Vicky Hill suspects foul play when she learns of a suspicious death: a champion hedge cutter, electrocuted after accidentally slicing through a power cable. Yeah, right. To get the real story Vicky’s willing to suffer through bad dates and mortal danger.

Editorial Reviews

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“Vicky is more Lucy Ricardo than Christiane Amanpour, but CNN’s loss is [our] gain.”
—HARLEY JANE KOZAK, AUTHOR OF DEAD EX

“A delightful heroine who would be right at home in a Jane Austen novel. When Dennison plunges her into an Agatha Christie-like plot, she gives readers the best of both worlds.”
—LINDA PALMER, AUTHOR OF THE DAYTIME MYSTERIES

About the Author

Hannah was born and raised in Hampshire but on leaving school landed a job as an obituary writer/amateur dramatic reviewer for a Devon newspaper. The urge to travel was too strong, however, and she became an air stewardess, first with British Caledonian and then on private planes. Many adventures later she ended up in Los Angeles, where she met her future husband - and still lives there with him and their cat.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Berkley; Original edition (March 3, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425226433
• ISBN-13: 978-0425226438
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,051,579 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Born in England, Hannah relocated to Los Angeles with her daughter and two cats in tow to pursue a career in screenwriting. Along the road to publication she has served as an obituary reporter, antique dealer, private jet flight attendant and Hollywood story analyst.
Hannah's Vicky Hill Mysteries (Berkley Prime Crime/USA) will also be published in the UK this summer with Constable & Robinson. As well as writing a fifth Vicky Hill, she is working on a new mystery series for Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press.
Hannah is currently serving on the judging committee for the 2012 Edgar Allan Poe Awards for the Mystery Writers of America. She teaches mystery writing and social media at UCLA in Los Angeles and still works full time for Davis Elen Advertising, a west coast advertising agency.
Hannah is married to a fellow writer. She enjoys hiking, horseback riding, skiing and seriously good chocolate.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Addicted to humor in mysteries, March 9, 2009

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Jane Austen "comedy fan" (Studio City, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Scoop! (A Vicky Hill Exclusive!) (Paperback)

I was delighted when I discovered the first book in this series a year ago, and because I so enjoyed it I admit to being a little worried: could the author keep up the high standard she'd set? The answer is yes! Hannah Dennison is a writer who was new to me, but I've become her fan. SCOOP! is so full of eccentric and entertaining characters that I'd almost like to move to Gipping-on-Pym. The mystery is a clever plus. as it was in the first book, "A Vicky Hill Exclusive." The author has a gift for coming up with bizarre ways to die: electrocution by hedge clipper? And yet when I entered the world of this book I found myself believing all of the nutty goings-on. I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants a good mystery and a good laugh. Hannah Dennis is a real find!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Agatha Christie Fan, April 19, 2009

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Jaclyn Carmichael - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scoop! (A Vicky Hill Exclusive!) (Paperback)

I finished reading SCOOP! last night and I'm still smiling. The mystery was a great puzzle, and the author writes with a wonderful, sly sense of humor. I was always an Agatha Christie fan. Discovering Hannah Dennison is like finding a new Christie, but one who can make us laugh, too. Definitely recommended.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A new "Vicky Hill"!, March 22, 2009

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Mystery Lover - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scoop! (A Vicky Hill Exclusive!) (Paperback)

I love the sly British humor in this book, and the mystery was a real puzzle. I'd never heard of Hannah Dennison until someone gave me her previous book about Vicky Hill, but I bought this one and now I'm looking forward to the next one. Highly recommended to anyone who wants to spend time in an English village, and solve a murder without leaving the house.