Silver
Scream
A
Bed-and-Breakfast Mystery with Judith McMonigle Flynn
Mary
Daheim
William
Morrow (Hardcover)
ISBN-10: 0-380-97867-9 (0380978679)
ISBN-13: 978-0-380-97867-0 (9780380978670)
Publication Date: May 2002
List Price: $23.95
Synopsis (from
the publisher): Filmdom's most sparkling glitterati have brought their
limos and their egos to Judith McMonigle Flynn's Hillside Manor for a
gala preview of the latest epic monstrosity from genius superproducer
Bruno Zepf. Hostess Flynn's Pacific Northwest B&B is a far cry
from Hollywood -- but then Bruno's cinematic spectacular is a far cry
from good. And the great man's entourage -- with their swelled heads,
their tantrums, their demands, and their illicit habits - surely rank
among the most insufferable guests ever to rumple Judith's bed linens.
Bruno hopes his new film is to die for -- unfortunately for him, it is.
Not long after the lights come up on the less-than-lauded screening,
the unfortunate mogul is discovered drowned in the kitchen sink. His
demise could have been a bizarre accident caused by a faulty cabinet
door that Judith's ex-cop hubby Joe Flynn never got around to
repairing. And since the only species in Tinseltown more numerous than
Oscar seekers is attorneys, Judith could lose Hillside Manor in a
wrongful-death suit. Unless, of course, she can prove it was murder.
But there's a problem: No one on the scene benefits from the producer's
fade-to-black. The police are stymied (surprise!), but Judith's
livelihood depends upon her finding a killer -- any killer will do. And
that's the script she intends to follow, with the assistance of "Mr.
Don't-Fix-It" Joe and a curiously reluctant cousin Renie, who's got
troubles of her own.
Review:
Silver
Scream is the 18th entry in
this mystery series by Mary Daheim featuring bed-and-breakfast owner
Judith McMonigle.
This long-running series has had its ups-and-downs, but Silver Scream
is one of the better of the more recent books. Maybe it's just that
Hollywood stereotypes are so easy to incorporate into characters, and
Daheim does a fine job with them all. Adding a mysterious element to
the foggy Pacific Northwest locale is setting the mystery at Halloween;
one is never quite sure if the guests are wearing metaphorical masks or
not. In the end, Daheim brings the murder mystery to a satisfactory, if
somewhat unexpected, conclusion.
Long-time readers of the series will enjoy this latest
bed-and-breakfast mystery, and new readers will no doubt want to pick
up one of the earlier entries.
Special thanks to for providing of Silver Scream for this review.
Review Copyright © 2002 — Hidden Staircase Mystery Books — All Rights Reserved
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