Romanced to Death (E.J. Pugh Mystery) (Hardcover)

by Susan Rogers Cooper (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review
"An entertaining, light mystery" Publishers Weekly on Don't Drink the Water "Offers the satisfying combination of gentle humor, common sense, and a very likable protagonist" Booklist on Vegas Nerve "This light romp should leave readers satisfied" Publishers Weekly on Vegas Nerve"

Product Description
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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Product Details

• Hardcover: 200 pages
• Publisher: Severn House Publishers (August 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 072786632X
• ISBN-13: 978-0727866325
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #167,529 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Susan Rogers Cooper Does It Again!, June 11, 2008

By	Joseph K. Burkholder II (Kannapolis, NC United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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!

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous in all aspects, March 10, 2009

By	Versel Rush "mystery reading lawyer" (Texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.