While Claire and Dan Claiborne's best friends plan their wedding, all hell breaks loose. The wedding promises to be the society event of the year. That is, until the bride's relatives begin battling and the groom's ex-wife shows up. The tensions lead to a death, and Claire and Dan get pulled in the middle of a murder investigation involving a couple of temperamental artists and a few pieces of priceless jewelry.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing ending,
This review is from: Shiveree: An Eclaire Mystery (Eclaire Mysteries) (Paperback)
Knowing I would not get another installment of Claire and Dan's exploits for a while, I savored Shiveree, drawing it out over several nights. Dunbar's trademark prose is still here, her characters as quirky and delectable as ever and Dan and Claire are still steaming up the pages in between hunting for clues in the latest murder investigation.What kept me from awarding Shiveree 5 stars is the ending. Not that the reader isn't left guessing until the very end, not that Ms. Dunbar hasn't thrown in a slew of red herrings. The book just ---- ends! It's almost as if there is a chapter missing. I was quite let down, expecting a neat wrap-up, some cozying around the Christmas tree with Claire and Dan, maybe getting to find out what was really in the gaily wrapped packages. Maybe learning something more about Charlotte and Foley. But, nothing! I'm not happy. Ms. Dunbar, you really need to do something to correct this. We need another Eclaire mystery ASAP. Please don't leave us Claiborne groupies behind.
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This review is from: Shiveree: An Eclaire Mystery (Eclaire Mysteries) (Paperback)
I agree with the reader who thought the last chapter was missing. Chapters towards the end of the book where the alibis of all the characters are set forth at length could have been sacrificed to find Claire and Dan opening Christmas gifts and/or if the newlyweds enjoyed their honeymoon, etc. The first book of this series was excellent. Love Claire and Dan. Subsequent books seem to be going downhill.
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'Twas the night before Christmas when the groom and the bride Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Sam Stormshadow, Belinda Callant, Fawn Goldfeather, Tucker John, Riverside Manor, New Orleans, Kyle Dalton, Reggie Worth, Peach Island, Shiveree Boys, Montaigne Duffosat, Miss Goldfeather, Aunt Sally, Uncle Purcell, Nectarine Savoy, Christmas Eve, Native American, Officer Harp, Officer Songy, Kitty Blanchard, Sergeant Savoy, Cecille Worth, Eighth District, Perrier Jouet, Sally Holt New!
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'Twas the night before Christmas when the groom and the bride Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lingerie shower, cake knife, opal ring, black opal, honeymoon suite Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sam Stormshadow, Belinda Callant, Fawn Goldfeather, Tucker John, Riverside Manor, New Orleans, Kyle Dalton, Reggie Worth, Peach Island, Shiveree Boys, Montaigne Duffosat, Miss Goldfeather, Aunt Sally, Uncle Purcell, Nectarine Savoy, Christmas Eve, Native American, Officer Harp, Officer Songy, Kitty Blanchard, Sergeant Savoy, Cecille Worth, Eighth District, Perrier Jouet, Sally Holt New!
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- A BAD HAIR DAY/AN ECLAIRE MYSTERY (Eclaire Mysteries) by Sophie Dunbar in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Pumpkin Seed Massacre (A Ben Pecos Mystery) (Worldwide Library Mysteries) by Susan Slater in Back Matter
- Death on Demand (Death on Demand Mysteries, No. 1) by Carolyn G. Hart in Front Matter
- Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories by Agatha Christie on page 398
- Small Towns Can Be Murder: The Fourth Charlie Parker Mystery (Charlie Parker Mysteries) by Connie Shelton in Back Matter
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