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Available
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Publication
Berkley (2021), 304 pages
Description
"A murder in the local hospital is raising everyone's temperature in the latest book in the New York Times bestselling Cackleberry Club series. Suzanne Dietz co-owner of the Cackleberry Club Café is visiting her fiancée, Dr. Sam Hazelet when a masked gunman bursts into the emergency room. He shoots two people and would probably have done more damage had Suzanne not brained him with a thermos full of chili. Still, the gunman manages to escape. Now the ladies of the Cackleberry Club are determined to find the killer before he finds them"--
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LibraryThing member cyderry
Suzanne Dietz decides that she's going to take a thermos of chili to her fiancé Dr. Sam Hazelet at the hospital, however, no good deed goes unpunished because while waiting to make her delivery she is a witness to a masked gunman killing the security guard and wounding a nurse. The only thing she
The story was very well-written and the characters continue to grow. It was so much fun to be able to hear them in this audio version. The story really came to life.
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can think to do to protect herself is to throw the thermos full of chili at the gunman. The gunman escapes, and Suzanne is labeled a hero. But she believes that the security guard was the hero and is determined to everything she can to find the killer.The story was very well-written and the characters continue to grow. It was so much fun to be able to hear them in this audio version. The story really came to life.
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LibraryThing member Maydacat
What started as a routine visit to bring some dinner to her doctor boyfriend at the hospital turned tragic when an active shooter robbed the pharmacy and killed the security guard. Quick thinking by Suzanne likely saved lives when she chucked the thermos full of hot chili at the shooter. Now
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Suzanne, with a little help from her friends, wants to find the killer. Warnings by the sheriff about the dangers involved in snooping around doesn’t faze Suzanne at all. And since she feels no constraints about legalities, she feels free to go places the sheriff can’t. Add in some delightful secondary characters, like Toni and Junior for some comic relief and the result is an interesting story of down-home life as well as a good mystery. No what the series is, Laura Child’s doesn’t disappoint her readers. Show Less
LibraryThing member lhaines56
Different series by Laura Childs. Kind of a mix of Theodosia with a dash of country thrown in. Bit more country...
LibraryThing member thornton37814
When Suzanne decides to take a thermos of chili to Sam at the hospital, she walks into an armed robbery. After the thief kills the security guard and injures the receptionist, Suzanne throws the chili at the thief who makes a remarkable getaway. Suzanne and her friend Toni will get into a couple of
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situations as they "assist" Sheriff Doogie and his deputies into the investigation into the robbery and into a series of truck hijackings. I pegged the killer early on, and the red herrings never really threw me off. It's a fun cozy mystery although pretty low on the believability scale. Show Less
LibraryThing member AMKitty
First and last cozy from this author that I’ll bother with. My problem with the story?
* so much stupidity in all characters except the sleuth;
* bias against masculine men;
* bias against military;
* a doctor who violates privacy of patients;
* a heroine who, in spite of promises not to say anything,
* a confused mish-mash of a shop that is a restarant/yarn shop/tea room/book store (c’mon, just pick and go with it!);
* a sleuth who, in real life circumstances, would have found her behind in jail for interferring with an investigation.
I love cozy mysteries, but I have noticed a trend among newer authors to neglect research and/or ignore reality in the telling. I also find it terribly annoying when the MC whines about “not understanding how this keeps happening to them. How ‘bout: you’re a nosy idiot who continues to insert yourself into situations that are none of your business?
* so much stupidity in all characters except the sleuth;
* bias against masculine men;
* bias against military;
* a doctor who violates privacy of patients;
* a heroine who, in spite of promises not to say anything,
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immediately blabs yhat privacy information to several other characters;* a confused mish-mash of a shop that is a restarant/yarn shop/tea room/book store (c’mon, just pick and go with it!);
* a sleuth who, in real life circumstances, would have found her behind in jail for interferring with an investigation.
I love cozy mysteries, but I have noticed a trend among newer authors to neglect research and/or ignore reality in the telling. I also find it terribly annoying when the MC whines about “not understanding how this keeps happening to them. How ‘bout: you’re a nosy idiot who continues to insert yourself into situations that are none of your business?
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
8.3 inches
ISBN
0425281744 / 9780425281741