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    Death on Demand/Design for Murder

    By Carolyn Hart

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    This delightfully intriguing pair of full-length mysteries by award-winning author Carolyn G. Hart delivers a novel approach to murder that is sure to enthrall you until the last killer is caught.. . .

    Death on Demand
    At Annie Laurance’s Death on Demand bookstore in Broward’s Rock, South Carolina (“the finest mystery bookstore north of Miami”), murder suddenly isn’t confined to the shelves. An author’s abrupt demise during a gathering of famous mystery writers is proof positive that a bloody sword is sometimes mightier than a brilliant pen. But now Annie is in the unenviable position of prime suspect, which means that she and her wealthy paramour, Max Darling, must unmask a brutal and ingenious killer. For Annie, failing could mean prison . . . while success could mean her death.

    Design for Murder
    When Annie stages a Mystery Night for Chastain, South Carolina’s annual antebellum house tour, she finds herself the lead in a deadly drama wherein the curtain falls on a mean-spirited grande dame. But while fingers point at Annie as the murderer, the perpetrator lurks within the cast of Murder-Most-Make-Believe. Guilty until proven innocent, Annie hopes to clear her name with Max’s help—until her chief witness is killed. Now it will take all of Annie’s sleuthing skills to unmask the evil in the hearts of Chastain’s Beautiful People.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
    Release dateSep 7, 2011
    ISBN9780307805089
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    Death on Demand/Design for Murder
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    Carolyn Hart

    An accomplished master of mystery, Carolyn Hart is the author of twenty previous Death on Demand novels. Her books have won multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Awards. She is also the creator of the Henrie O series, featuring a retired reporter, and the Bailey Ruth series, starring an impetuous, redheaded ghost. One of the founders of Sisters in Crime, Hart lives in Oklahoma City.

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    • 1/5
      Just couldn't get into this - something about the writing was annoying this time. Have read others in the series and enjoyed. There was too much description and it just annoyed me.
    • 4/5
      This book took a bit to plow through. Although it had a good plot, and good characters, the story didn't grab me as the previous book I read from this author.Some of the better points were the intricate details and constant changing of the most likely suspect. In fact, I didn't guess till close to the end who the real culprit had been.The storyline puts our heroine in the position of setting up a mystery night at a neighboring town's house and garden show event. The main characters were portrayed are involved in the historical preservation society, and many of them are high society types. The relationships between the characters are complex, and not readily divulge to a town outsider. Max Darling is there to help sort out the details, as Annie is tied up as a suspect and running the mystery night programs during much of the story.Can't think of anything bad in particular about this story... but it just seemed to go quite slowly.
    • 3/5
      As often happens, this second in the Death on Demand series does not live up to the first in the series.
    • 3/5
      Digital audiobook read by Kate Reading.Book # 2 in the Death on Demand series, featuring mystery bookstore owner Annie Laurance. Annie’s been invited to stage a Mystery Night for the annual antebellum house tour of the Historical Preservation Society in Chastain, South Carolina. But there is some personal drama going on among the board members and Annie is used to embarrass the grande dame of the group. Annie and her fiancé Max have just about cleared her name in that kerfuffle when she finds a body on the grounds of the estate. The weapon is one of the props Annie brought along for the game and suddenly she’s the number one suspect. Hart writes a fast-paced cozy mystery with a great central cast of characters and a wonderful premise. I love the mystery bookstore, though I did get a little irritated by how often an author / book was mentioned. I very much liked the Mystery Night puzzle going on at the same time that a real murder was being investigated, though I sometimes got confused about which “clues” referred to the game vs the actual crime. I didn’t have a copy of the text handy when I was listening; I’m sure I’d have had a easier time keeping it straight in text rather than audio.Kate Reading does a marvelous job reading the audiobook. She’s a talented voice artist and was able to differentiate the many characters. For a short while I was listening at double speed and her diction was still clear and understandable.
    • 4/5
      February 19, 2000Design for MurderCarolyn HartBook #2 in the “Death on Demand” series. This one doesn’t center around the bookstore.Annie’s been asked to stage a “Mystery Night” for the annual antebellum house tour of the Historical Preservation Society of Chastain, South Carolina” (why is there one of these in every cozy mystery series? The protagonist-planning-a-mystery-night-thing? Not that I’m complaining!).The person who asks her to do it does so reluctantly, and with considerable distaste – she thinks the whole thing is supremely tacky, but the other members of the HP Society outvoted her. Corinne Webster is a bona fide snob, and everyone hates her - including her husband, who’s having an affair with a much younger local schoolteacher. Of course, right before the Mystery Night is to begin, Corinne is found murdered down by the pond, having been done in by one of the Mystery Night props, no less. Again, Annie is one of the main suspects (this could get a little old, but it’s a common thread in this series), so she and Max have to piece it all together.Carolyn Hart has been referred to as “the American Agatha Christie”, but I don’t see it. That’s not a negative statement. I like Christie, but Hart’s style is completely, utterly different. The characters are warmer and more fleshed out, the stories light and very modern – not dry and acerbic like Christie. Totally different. Hart also doesn’t use anything similar to Christie’s complex machinations – it’s all pretty upfront and uncomplicated.