Divorce Can Be Murder

By Victoria Pade

Book Overview

With her newly permed hair and eyes only for her ex, Linda Kraner is a walking advertisement for the heartbreak of divorce.??Jimi Plain knows.??She has been where her friend is now: lost in the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440226465
• ISBN13: 9780440226468
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Dell Publishing Company
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

I look forward to reading the next book in this new series

The title describes the book perfectly -- the plot involves a divorce support group that seems to be at the center of a series of deaths. The story begins when the support group arrives at the house of the member who is supposed to be hosting this week's meeting -- Bruce --- but he's not answering the door, and volunteer (and book detective) Jimi looks in to see Bruce lying dead on the floor. WHile someone else calls 911, she calls her cousin and county sheriff Danny, who keeps her informed as the investigation continues. Jimi can't help but be involved since there's a fair chance that something involving the group was involved in this murder -- maybe one of the group members is a killer. There's plenty of anger and motives, since it turns out that the deceased is -- was -- a pretty dreadful person who gave a number of people reason for wanting him dead. I found the book well-plotted and tightly written -- it moves right along -- and the subplots have some relevance to solving the murders (Bruce is not the only murder victim in this book). Jimi is likeable, and the story line of her own family is entertaining. I imagine someone who has been divorced will identify with some of the feelings described and perhaps benefit from reading this book.

Wonderful!

I really enjoyed every minute of this book. The subplots were real and entertaining - not just filler like so many others. The main plot moved along very briskly with lots of murder along the way. The charactors felt like people I knew and having the story based in Denver was a refreshing change.

Excellent!

This is a very good mystery but as a former 20 yr. resident I find it very distracting to the story to read "public service" when the story is referring to the utility co. It should be Public Service which is the utility co. of the Denver metro area. The editor has done the author a disservice with this error. Buy the book anyway and know it is not a do-good organization responding to a murder scene!

A great mystery debut

Jimi Plain has finally recovered from her divorce that occurred several years ago. She now assists the therapist, Dr. Audrey Martin, who helped her during her personal crisis. Audrey is no ordinary psychiatrist as she is also a nun. Jimi serves as a volunteer at the Hunter Divorce Adjustment Seminars, a church sponsored organization. However, Jimi's latest stint turns into a terrifying experience because three deaths occur. When the seminar attendees arrive at participant Bruce Mann's home, they find their host dead, a victim of an apparent deliberate electrocution. Bruce had ties with everyone in the group, including the former husband of Jimi's best friend Linda. When the mistress of her former spouse turns up dead, suspicion falls on Linda. Jimi feels her best friend is innocent and begins her own investigation to prove her theory right even though it means playing Russian roulette with a killer. Renowned romance writer, Victoria Pade, successfully turns to the mystery genre with a gold medal novel, DIVORCE CAN BE MURDER. The tale provides insight into the various, often times painful, stages of divorce within a wonderful who-done-it. Jimi is a warm person that garners reader empathy from the start of the book, leaving the audience feeling that this series looks like the beginning of a long friendship.Harriet Klausner