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Dying To Get Even by Judy Fitzwater (1999) – BR00017 (2001) – 🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸

The PolyBlog
March 4 2001

Plot or Premise

Jennifer Marsh is back with her reporter boyfriend. This time, her elder friend Emmie Walker is in trouble: Jennifer finds her standing next to the dead body of Edgar Walker, with the murder weapon in her hand.

What I Liked

The rambling around by all of the characters is great. As usual, Jennifer’s writing group throw themselves in to help her investigate all the goings-on at Edgar’s Down Home Grill, complete with a special sauce that may be to-die-for.

What I Didn’t Like

The storyline jumps around a bit in time at the start. It might have read a lot better in normal linear fashion rather than the resulting stilted jumping. It’s only the first few chapters though, so it doesn’t overly hurt the story.

Disclosure

I am not personal friends with the author, but I have interacted with them briefly on social media.

The Bottom Line

Even better than the first in the series.

Dying to Get Published by Judy Fitzwater (1995) – BR00075 (1998) – 🐸🐸🐸⚪⚪

The PolyBlog
August 18 1998

Plot or Premise

The main character, as-yet-unpublished author Jennifer Marsh, decides to plan a murder in order to liven up her writing. A touch of realism, or writing what she knows by planning it. But when the murder really happens, her plans make her suspect number one.

What I Liked

It’s an easy, quick-paced story, and Jennifer is a bit quirky. Nice, occasionally a dingbat, she has her moments, but quirky. She has a new romantic interest that adds some fun to the story, and lots of female friends who are supportive. Plus, the victim is obviously deserving of murder — a book agent. In addition to being well-written, with great storylines, there were some seriously funny moments that made me smile repeatedly (people seem to frown on you laughing out loud when you are by yourself reading on buses or in restaurants, so I held myself to grinning).

What I Didn’t Like

The book was a little tough for me to get into at first, and I initially hated the main character who talks to her future, as yet unconceived, child on a fairly regular basis as a plot device.

Disclosure

I am not personal friends with the author, but I have interacted with them briefly on social media.

The Bottom Line

Liked it enough to get the next one in the series