Some
Like It Hot-Buttered
A
Double Feature Mystery with Elliot Freed
Jeffrey
Cohen
Berkley
Prime Crime (Mass Market Paperback)
ISBN-10: 0-425-21799-X (042521799X)
ISBN-13: 978-0-425-21799-3 (9780425217993)
Publication Date: October 2007
List Price: $6.99
Synopsis (from
the publisher): Elliot Freed, a recovering writer and husband, socked
all his savings-and the alimony from his ex-wife-into the Comedy
Tonight movie theater, never suspecting it would become a crime scene
...
Poisoned popcorn killed the dead guy in Row S, Seat 18, and to the
chagrin of the local police, Elliot starts his own investigation, one
that may put the theater-and Elliot-on the cutting room floor.
Review:
Some
Like It Hot-Buttered is the
first comedy/mystery by Jeffrey Cohen in the Double Feature series that
introduces New Jersey theater owner Elliot Freed.
Elliot owns "Comedy Tonight" where comedy buffs can attend movies from
the 30s through the present. Together with Sophie, assigned to the
concession stand and the all-important task of popping corn, and
Anthony (not Tony) who sells tickets, takes tickets, and ushers the
guests to their seats, Elliot is working to make the theater a thriving
business. During the showing of Young Frankenstein one night, a friend
a loyal patron is found dead in his seat. Everyone thought he had a
heart attack, but the coroner rules that he was killed by poison on his
popcorn. The theater is now a crime scene, and to make matters worse,
the police find boxes of pirated DVDs in the backroom. And then Anthony
disappears making him the prime suspect for being both a killer and a
pirate (though the crimes hardly seem related). Elliot believes the
police are more interested in the case of the illegal movies than in
the dead patron, so he sets out to find the man's murderer.
This is a very funny mystery. It may help if the reader is a fan of
older movies, especially comedies, to enjoy some of the humor here, but
even those who have never seen a black-and-white film will appreciate
what Cohen has achieved. The characters are well-defined, the dialog
frequently laugh-out-loud funny, and the plot adequately complex
without being overly complicated.
Some
Like It Hot-Buttered is a
terrific debut to a series that should have a lot of potential. There's
certainly no shortage of movie titles to play off of!
Special thanks to guest reviewer Betty of The Betz Review for contributing her review of Some Like It Hot-Buttered and to Breakthrough Promotions for providing a copy of the book for this review.
Review Copyright © 2007 — Hidden Staircase Mystery Books — All Rights Reserved
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Mysteries in this series …
Some Like It Hot-Buttered
Berkley Prime Crime (Mass Market Paperback), October 2007
ISBN-10: 0-425-21799-X (042521799X)
ISBN-13: 978-0-425-21799-3 (9780425217993)
It
Happened One Knife
Berkley Prime Crime (Mass Market Paperback), July 2008
ISBN-10: 0-425-22256-X (042522256X)
ISBN-13: 978-0-425-22256-0 (9780425222560)
A
Night at the Operation
Berkley Prime Crime (Mass Market Paperback), April 2009
ISBN-10: 0-425-22815-0 (0425228150)
ISBN-13: 978-0-425-22815-9 (9780425228159)
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Location(s) referenced: New
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