Death of a Dustbunny

by Christine T. Jorgensen

Book Overview

Death Of A Dustbunny by Christine T. Jorgensen released on Mar 25, 1999 is available now for purchase. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373263082
• ISBN13: 9780373263080
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Worldwide Library
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

A cosy to curl up with under the covers...

Death of a Dustbunny was the first book I have read by Christine Jorgensen but it certainly won't be the last! Witty, whimsical and a bit of "woo-woo" (as Stella calls her psychic abilities) woven together to make a wonderful mystery.While this is not the first book in the Stella the Stargazer series it certainly allows you to read it first and not feel like a stranger. Unlike other series it also doesn't reiterate everything from the pervious novels which I found refreshing.At the start Stella, who writes a column at her local paper, is upset because her friend and student Elena has not shown up after leaving a particularly disturbing message for Stella. Once Stella begins to worry and have a few psychic interludes she realizes that Elena is not merely late but in trouble and she sets off to find her.She calls the Holman house where Elena is a housekeeper and nanny to a disturbed little boy Steven, whose mother has died and will only reach out to Elena. Steven is also obsessed with the idea that a vampire has taken Elena and is equally terrified that one will get him as well. Then Stella calls the Dustbunnies, the service that Holman has hired Elena through to no avail.The owner of the Dustbunnies begs Stella to look after Steven until Elena or a replacement can be found as Steven likes her. She accepts the position to look into Elena's disappearance. Little does she know that no one will help her. Holman and the Dustbunnies refuse to place a missing person's report, the police can't do anything because Elena supposedly left a note and Holman and his friends refuse to answer any questions. Is this the end for Elena? Can Stella sniff out where she has gone? You can be sure that this book will have a satisfying ending. This was a very quick read but a good one. I guess it is true - good things do come in small packages!

Enjoyable.entertaining and just plain fun

Stella the Stargazer, who writes a weekly astrology column for the Denver Daily Orion, is worried when her friend Elena Ruiz is reported missing by her employer, the Dustbunnies housekeeping and nanny service. Elena was working as the nanny and housekeeper in the home of Grant Holman. Stella believes something nasty happened to Elena. She convinces the owner of Dustbunnies to allow her to replace the missing woman. At the Holman home, she meets Steven Holman, a frightened child, who firmly believes that Elena has been abducted by vampires. Stella begins to investigate the disappearance of her friend and soon has several viable suspects if foul play has occurred. However, trying to obtain information is difficult amidst Elena's Mexican community and Stella does not yet realize how much danger she has placed herself in from someone who does not want any amateur sleuth to find out the truth. DEATH OF A DUSTBUNNY is a fun to read cozy that includes bumps in the night elements. Stella and the support cast are an eccentric enough ensemble that readers will take pleasure in their exploits. Though Christine T. Jorgensen's story line is a bit weak (Stella needs to add logic to her repertoire), fans of American cozies with a pinch of woo-woo will relish the latest Stella the Stargazer story. Harriet Klausner