Is There A Dead Man In The House? [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Elizabeth Daniels Squire (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2, 2004

An Agatha Award-winning Author

Peaches' father and his new wife, Azalea Marlowe, were in Tennessee to oversee the renovation of her old family home. And when Peaches arrived, she found the excavation process fascinating -- it was almost like watching the house's memory come to life. But some of the house's memories are less than pleasant -- as proven by the discovery of buried bones over a century old. The ownership of the Marlowe house may rest on the solution to the mystery. But even more disturbing, Azalea's fall from a broken ladder may indicate that the violence is about to visit again . . .

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 343 pages
• Publisher: Wheeler Publishing; 1 edition (February 2, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1587246066
• ISBN-13: 978-1587246067
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,479,792 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Witty and a challenge-What more could you want?, November 29, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Is There a Dead Man in the House? (Mass Market Paperback)

Peaches Dann has such a faulty memory that she constantly has to create ingenious ways of reminding herself of what is important to her. Her methods are so effective, Peaches decides to help other people suffering from the same problem. She writes a book and starts a tour to promote it. Unfortunately, the book tour is interrupted by her rapscallion of a father, who, though wheelchair bound, has eloped with some woman he has only known for a few weeks. Peaches feels guilty because she introduced her lonely father to the colorful Azalea Marlowe.

She only finds out that they were married when Peaches receives a call from a Tennessee hospital spokesperson who informs her that Azalea has fallen down a ladder at the family homestead she was renovating. Her dad wants Peaches, who has demonstrated some crimesolving ability in yhe past, to investigate the incident because he suspects it was not an accident. When Peaches arrives at Azalea's place, she learns that the family's home has had several mysterious occurrences, including the unsolved disappearance of a groom and his future brother-in-law in 1849. That mystery reaches into the present day as someone is murdering people trying to learn what happened in the mid nineteenth century.

IS THERE A DEAD MAN IN THE HOUSE? Is the fifth book in the Peaches Dann series, starring a unique heroine whose faulty memory makes her crime solving abilities a delightful counterpoint. Elizabeth Daniel Squire creates a realistic murder mystery that is only solvable if the reader is a genius or an expert on amateur sleuths. Ms. Squire has created a charming series that successfully combines the best of a cozy with the elite of a literary mystery.

Harriet Klausner

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A DULL BOOK IN SPITE OF A LIKEABLE LEAD CHARACTER, February 13, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Is There a Dead Man in the House? (Mass Market Paperback)

KF: I like Peaches Dann, the amateur sleuth with the faulty memory. But this is not the best of the lot. Actually, it is fairly confusing - giving one the impression of hasty writing and inattention to plot and transition. Certainly not fascinating or intriguing. Actually, not even very interesting.