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Lethal in Old Lace
- The Consignment Shop Mysteries, Book 5
- Narrado por: Amy Tallmadge
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Reagan Summerside returns in nationally best-selling author Duffy Brown's fifth Consignment Shop mystery.
There are two social functions in Savannah guaranteed to get people talking: weddings and funerals. And just as consignment shop owner Reagan Summerside agrees to marry the hunky Walker Boone, her neighbors, sisters Annie Fritz and Elsie Abbot, step up their business as professional mourners. They are so successful that the Sleepy Pines Retirement Center has hired them as a part of their retirement package. But the celebration over good business is cut short when the residents at Pines suddenly begin dying at an alarming rate. And the sisters are the first suspects.
Reagan has her doubts, however, and begins to look into the strange phenomenon. But then something even stranger happens: a body winds up in the sisters' white Caddy. The evidence begins to pile up, and the suspicious case of Willie Fishbine, who swindled the sisters out of a fortune and coincidentally died prior to the Pines case, is reopened. Not wanting Willie to be buried until they can find the killer responsible for the murders, Reagan must catch the culprit in time to walk down the aisle.
Witty, fabulous, and full of charm, Lethal in Old Lace is perfect for fans of Ellery Adams and Jenn McKinlay.
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- 09-20-22
Silly, But Fun
I thought the dialogue was fun. I have no idea if people in Savannah talk like the characters do, but I liked the colorful language. In a weird way, it reminded me of a Wodehouse book.
Someone who wants to retreat from the real world, particularly while cleaning, might like this book.
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Hilarious
if you love cozy mysteries and want a laugh or 3 . . . you have got to start off the new year with this book. all I have to say to Ms. Brown is ,girl you have a new fan and keep writing. looking forward to your next story.
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- Jocelyne Diserens-El Hilaa
- 07-15-23
Wonderful reading
At first, it started out a bit slow, but as I continue to listen to it, I really like this one as well. I love the narrator, and of course love the author.
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Fun murder mystery
In Lethal in Old Lace by Duffy Brown, Reagan Summerside has just gotten engaged to Walker Boone, the lawyer who represented her no-good ex-husband in their divorce. Reagan gets dragged by her Aunt Kiki to the wake for Willie Fishbin, one of the meanest men in town. Reagan's and Kiki's friends, sisters Annie Fritz and Elsie Abbot, professional mourners hired by Sleepy Pines Retirement Home, have had trouble luring people to Willie's wake, so Kiki drags Reagan to the event. On the way home, Reagan sees a body sitting in Annie's and Elsie's car. With a reputation for finding bodies, Reagan is afraid to tell Walker that she has found another. But then the body disappears, seemingly freeing Reagan from responsibility for the body. That is, she is free until she spots the body, which she identifies as belonging to Bonnie Sue, another resident of Sleepy Pines, in the window of her consignment shop. But crazily, the body disappears yet again, only to reappear in the sisters' backyard and get found finally by the police.
Reagan and Kiki find some connections between Willie and Bonnie Sue besides the fact that both live at the Sleepy Pines. The pair rode the bus every week together, with Willie's actually laughing with Bonnie Sue, something no one else had ever seen him do. This nasty man conned money out of people like Bonnie Sue and the Abbot sisters by selling stock in the fake Spring Chicken Vitamins, draining them of their savings. And it becomes apparent that Willie was murdered with nuts, to which he had a dangerous allergy. Both people were murdered within the span of a week. Willie also was giving money to Bonnie Sue and included her in his will. The sisters, Annie and Elsie, get arrested but released on bail. It becomes up to Reagan and her Aunt Kiki to solve the case and free their friends.
Lethal in Old Lace is a fun book, but there are so many references to incidents in prior books that the audiobook publisher should have started with the first book in the series instead of starting with the current book in the series. We have learned a lot about the events of earlier books, causing us to lose a degree of the surprise if we later read the books. I really wish that they had started recording with book one instead of jumping in with book five.
That said, I still really had a good time with this book. The plot had some interesting angles to it, and the method used was very creative. Though I've read books with similar methods, I have not encountered this specific method before. The games Reagan and her relatives play with the bodies merely add to the fun and creativity.
The characters in Lethal and Old Lace have a great deal of fun natures. Reagan has a kooky family that you come to love as you gape at their antics. The family, especially her Aunt Kiki, makes us admire Boone all the more for his eagerness to marry Reagan. We gain respect for him as he treats Reagan with the utmost dignity and honor, including refusing her offer to move out of her run-down Cherry House, which she loves so much and is next door to Aunt Kiki on one side and Annie and Elsie on the other. Instead, he insists on moving out of his own fancy house and using it as an office in order to move into her beloved Victorian home that needs a lot of work because he knows how much Cherry House means to Reagan.
I have long been told I should try out books by Duffy Brown because they are so funny. Initially, I didn't catch the humor very much, but as I continued with the book, I saw how much of the humor comes from the characters themselves. Aunt Kiki made me chuckle as she went undercover at Sleepy Pines. Eugenia, the daughter of the owner of Sleepy Pines, humorously works to organize her wedding despite the fact that her boyfriend hasn't proposed, and Reagan knows that he has given the same fancy bracelet to three different women. Then there are the two residents of Sleepy Pines who spend their time fighting over which one loves Bonnie Sue more, with their animosity's even growing to the extent of their challenging each other to a duel.
Amy Tallmadge performs the audio version of Lethal and Old Lace, with clever narration that makes the humor of the book come out more clearly. Tallmadge does a terrific performance that makes this book all the more enjoyable. The experience of listening to this book was truly delightful.
I really enjoyed the fun experience of listening to Lethal and Old Lace. The book has a strong plot, but its true strength is in its creative characters. They provide humor to the book, without the crazy hijinks often used in mysteries to create humor. I really do wish that I had been given the opportunity to listen to the first four books before enjoying this, the fifth in the Consignment Shop Mysteries. If you read your books visually instead of listening to audiobooks, I recommend starting with the first book. But even despite my having to start with book five instead of book one, I give this book five stars!
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- 03-04-21
This story. grows on you as you listen
It started slowly, but the quirky characters grew on me. I really enjoyed the story and look forward to the next episode!
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- Reanna R.
- 08-18-21
Recipes included!
This story was so fun and refreshing. Even more interesting were the martini recipes added in the end of the story which brought the character aunt “Kiki” to life. I loved every bit of this read!
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- Debbie
- 12-18-20
great one to help you sleep
I really did not enjoy the book. Story line boring. Ending non climatic. Characters unremarkable
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- Ann Kruetzkamp
- 03-27-18
I'm laughing out loud at work :-D
The jokes are hilarious! I'm laughing out loud at my desk and my coworkers think I'm nuts! The humor is subtle at times and other times it comes at you full force. Duffy Brown is a brilliant author, weaving mystery, friendship, humor and romance into this novel. I just wish the prequels where available in audio book form too. Amy Tallmadge does a wonderful job brining this novel to life. I highly recommend it!
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- Joy Guin
- 10-14-20
Great Read
Loved the book. going back and listening to the others.
The ladies remind me of characters in another book that I love so it is so great to find another book that is so funny and makes me laugh
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- M J Sweet
- 01-29-21
Great Story I hope for more
What a fun story. This is the one and only if this series on Audible, and I am looking forward to seeing more. If all the books are this good it will be a great addition to the Cozy Mysteries. I like the characters and all their connections to one another. Even though we are dropped into the lives of all these people, Regan, Boone, BW, Mama the judge & Aunt Kiki, they were fleshed out nicely. I laughed a lot at the antics of Them all.
The narrator made the story come to life!! Amy Talmadge did a wonderful job with many different people and all with southern accents. I will be looking for more stories from the author and teas by the narrator.
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