Hickory Dickory Dead
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4.0 • 96 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
USA TODAY BESTSELLING NOVEL
One scream. Two bodies. A town full of secrets.
Maisie Fezziwig has never been one to mind her own business. And when a scream shatters the silence of the night, the feisty seventy-something knows she won't be getting back to sleep anytime soon.
What she discovers is far worse than she imagined.
A shocking murder. A trail of buried secrets. And a past someone will do anything to keep hidden.
As Maisie digs for answers, she discovers that the people closest to the victims may have the most to hide. Every clue raises another question, and someone is determined to make sure the truth never comes to light.
But whoever is behind the killings has underestimated one thing.
Maisie Fezziwig doesn't scare easily.
Readers are Saying:
"A mystery played out perfectly. I could not guess the murderer."
"Kept me up until 2 a.m. reading!"
"Love Maisie's sassy attitude and fear of nothing."
"Unexpected twists and turns that kept me glued to the end."
"So much excitement and intrigue. Loved the characters."
"I only put it down long enough to take my Apple pie out of the oven! Delicious!"
Customer Reviews
Good
She is quite the character.
Stilted dialogue
I found the main character Maisie interesting but not all that well drawn. I don’t know anyone her age who was educated like her speak quite like that. It took me a while to realize she was a retired physician/pathologist. In the first dramatic scene the wife is forced to kill her husband.... then sees the face and screams. That was interesting, as I thought it was someone close to her whose presence shocked her. I was intrigued and wanted to find out who!. But the denouement didn’t live up to a fascinating background story...
At one point one of Maisie’s love interests is killed... but I don’t see the purpose of killing him off or what that contributed to the story; the younger characters ( late teens, twenties) speak in full sentences even under extreme pressure and use expressions that I wouldn’t if I was threatened by a gun for ex. I kept on reading to see ‘ who done it’ but the final denouement was so stilted ( again the dialogue was more like a book review the real people speaking under pressure) that I don’t plan to read anything more by this author.
Thoroughly enjoyed this book!
Good story and great humor! Plot has enough twists and turns to keep you guessing till the end.