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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Unbelievable and Unlikable might serve as alternate titles for Kellogg's latest, billed as the start of a new series from the author of the popular Lilly Bennett books (1998's Bad Manners, etc.). But American Jacqueline di Fidelio, a society portrait painter, and her British butler, Nigel Weatherby-Smythe, a former safecracker and convict, would not, from the evidence presented here, appear to have any of the qualities that give series characters longevity: some degree of credulity and at least a bare minimum of empathy. Nigel, a bitchy bisexual who serves as unreliable narrator ("Basically, I'm sexless... I'm truly very happy living vicariously"), is at first amusing as he flaunts his snobbery and hypochondria, but both attitudes quickly grow stale. As for Jackie (or "Madam," as Nigel calls her), she is never convincing in any of her roles: abused daughter of a mad painter; glamorously enigmatic lover of the rich and famous; and finally the accused murderer of rivals, husbands and potential clients. Kellogg's descriptions of the lush life in contemporary Virginia, Paris, Nepal and other haunts of the privileged do have a certain fascination; would that she had spent as much time coloring in her human landscapes. Agent, Nick Ellison. (Jan. 16) Forecast: Readers of Kellogg's Lilly Bennett books might grab enough early copies of this to cause a stir, but disappointment and bad word-of-mouth are almost certain to limit its sales.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
Kellogg gives her Marshall Lilly Bennett series a breather to introduce something quite different: the adventures of portrait painter and scam artist Jacqueline du Fidelio, as told by her adoring butler, the amoral Nigel Weatherby-Smythe. As the tale begins, Nigel is visiting Jackie in prison, shortly before her scheduled execution. The rest of the book is Nigel's account of how Jackie wound^B up in jail for murder. Kellogg offers readers a double dish of pleasure here: seeing the world through Nigel's neurotic, hysterically funny eyes, on the one hand, and getting to know Jackie, on the other. Readers follow the pair through various adventures, most involving Jackie's ill-chosen lovers. When various members of her latest paramour's family begin to drop dead, suspicion lands squarely on Jackie. Only Nigel remains convinced of her innocence, steadfastly blaming all their troubles on "Madam's unsuitable men." A funny, clever, and original story and the beginning of what may well become a superb series. Jenny McLarin
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Unbelievable and Unlikable might serve as alternate titles for Kellogg's latest, billed as the start of a new series from the author of the popular Lilly Bennett books (1998's Bad Manners, etc.). But American Jacqueline di Fidelio, a society portrait painter, and her British butler, Nigel Weatherby-Smythe, a former safecracker and convict, would not, from the evidence presented here, appear to have any of the qualities that give series characters longevity: some degree of credulity and at least a bare minimum of empathy. Nigel, a bitchy bisexual who serves as unreliable narrator ("Basically, I'm sexless... I'm truly very happy living vicariously"), is at first amusing as he flaunts his snobbery and hypochondria, but both attitudes quickly grow stale. As for Jackie (or "Madam," as Nigel calls her), she is never convincing in any of her roles: abused daughter of a mad painter; glamorously enigmatic lover of the rich and famous; and finally the accused murderer of rivals, husbands and potential clients. Kellogg's descriptions of the lush life in contemporary Virginia, Paris, Nepal and other haunts of the privileged do have a certain fascination; would that she had spent as much time coloring in her human landscapes. Agent, Nick Ellison. (Jan. 16) Forecast: Readers of Kellogg's Lilly Bennett books might grab enough early copies of this to cause a stir, but disappointment and bad word-of-mouth are almost certain to limit its sales.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
Kellogg gives her Marshall Lilly Bennett series a breather to introduce something quite different: the adventures of portrait painter and scam artist Jacqueline du Fidelio, as told by her adoring butler, the amoral Nigel Weatherby-Smythe. As the tale begins, Nigel is visiting Jackie in prison, shortly before her scheduled execution. The rest of the book is Nigel's account of how Jackie wound^B up in jail for murder. Kellogg offers readers a double dish of pleasure here: seeing the world through Nigel's neurotic, hysterically funny eyes, on the one hand, and getting to know Jackie, on the other. Readers follow the pair through various adventures, most involving Jackie's ill-chosen lovers. When various members of her latest paramour's family begin to drop dead, suspicion lands squarely on Jackie. Only Nigel remains convinced of her innocence, steadfastly blaming all their troubles on "Madam's unsuitable men." A funny, clever, and original story and the beginning of what may well become a superb series. Jenny McLarin
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.