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Book Reviews of April Fool Dead (Death on Demand, Bk 13)

April Fool Dead  (Death on Demand, Bk 13)
April Fool Dead - Death on Demand, Bk 13
Author: Carolyn Hart
ISBN-13: 9780380807222
ISBN-10: 038080722X
Publication Date: 2002
Pages: 336
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 56 ratings
Publisher: Avon
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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cosmichomicide avatar reviewed April Fool Dead (Death on Demand, Bk 13) on + 134 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 6
Sadly for one of my favorite series, April Fool Dead feels forced and formulaic, like the author was reading down a checklist. Not a strong entry into the Death on Demand series, but a fast easy read through a perfectly good book. Definitely start at the beginning if you are new to the series.
staceid avatar reviewed April Fool Dead (Death on Demand, Bk 13) on + 65 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Once I got past the first few chapters I was able to get into this book, but cozies just don't seem to be my thing. The "bad guy" wasn't nearly as surprising as I would prefer.
reviewed April Fool Dead (Death on Demand, Bk 13) on + 318 more book reviews
It's a while since I read this, but always enjoy these Annie Darling mysteries and liked this one as well as earlier ones.
reviewed April Fool Dead (Death on Demand, Bk 13) on + 108 more book reviews
Part of the wonderful light reading mystery series of Annie and Max Darling
katydid13 avatar reviewed April Fool Dead (Death on Demand, Bk 13) on + 55 more book reviews
A good read!
re avatar reviewed April Fool Dead (Death on Demand, Bk 13) on
Fun mystery with plenty of red herrings.
Craft-ily written, clever, and sparkling with humor.
reviewed April Fool Dead (Death on Demand, Bk 13) on + 52 more book reviews
Another great read in the ongoing Death On Demand bookstore series
SierraK avatar reviewed April Fool Dead (Death on Demand, Bk 13) on + 195 more book reviews
Annie Darling, owner of the mystery book store Death on Demand, is busily preparing for a book signing of local author Emma Clyde's latest bestseller "Whodunit?". Annie, who is always fond of sponsoring contests in her store, has come up with a special promotion for Emma's book signing. The special contest is a challenge to identify nine mysteries and their authors, based on clues given in an advertising flyer which Annie has distributed around the island. However, several days before the signing event, another set of mysterious flyers appear on Broward's Rock Island which appear as if Annie is accusing some of her neighbors or murder and other crimes as part of her contest. In order to clear the name of her store, Annie and her husband Max set out to find the real author of the fake contest flyers.

I felt that the first half of this book moved pretty slowly. I did enjoy Ms. Hart's wonderful descriptions of the South Carolina swamps and wildlife. The pace of the story picked up for the last one hundred pages or so, when two island residents are found brutally murdered. Together with her friend Henny, Annie and Max try to discover if the flyers are related to the murders, or if the flyers were just a smoke screen to divert attention from the real murderer.
ladyshortyg avatar reviewed April Fool Dead (Death on Demand, Bk 13) on + 33 more book reviews
someone is playing a cruel joke on mystery store book owner Annie Darling. they have made it appear she is accusing some of her neighbors of murder . she must solve the mystery before she ends up dead.
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I just finished the book, I almost read it non stop, I could not put it downm Annie is so entertaining, especially with husband Max and mother-in-law Laurel.
reviewed April Fool Dead (Death on Demand, Bk 13) on + 1568 more book reviews
Ha-ha! You're dead!
Someone is playing a rather nasty April Fool's prank on mystery bookstore owner Annie Darling. A felonious forger on the idyllic -- if rarely tranquil -- South Carolina island of Broward's Rock has made it appear as if Annie is accusing some of her neighbors of murder. In the wink of a bloodshot eye, the Darling name is mud . . . and then the Broward's Rock body count starts mysteriously increasing. And now it's up to Annie to follow the well-hidden trail of the vicious trickster -- or a secret slayer's next lethal joke may very well be on her!
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