Two Dead, One to Die

By Louise Hoblitt

Promoter Darby Hill has no problem bending the facts. After all, making TerraTech's video game arcade look good is why she was hired. Nope, no problem at all until she's asked to bend the facts about... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 059526414X
• ISBN13: 9780595264148
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

delightful amateur sleuth

In Oakland, communication expert Darby Hill is expected to find a means to sell Terra Tech video game arcade to the public as a nice place to have a good time in a science oriented virtual reality medium. The project would be fun except that her former lover Curtis is her team worker and is a competitor for a promotion. Darby has not forgiven him for cheating on her.When an elderly man charges into their office, Darby is shocked by how shook up Curtis seems though he tries to hide his reaction. Darby knows nothing affects the composed Curtis who tries to tap dance out of her questions. When the old man is found dead, Darby is unable to mind her business, visits the morgue, and begins making inquiries over the objection of her peers especially Curtis. Not long afterward, Curtis is also murdered and Darby realizes she in trouble as someone has taken advantage of her curiosity and set her up to take the fall as a murderer. Now her investigation turns personal and deadly.Though curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction will bring the reader back for more works starring delightful amateur sleuth Darby Hill. The story line is fun to follow once the audience accepts that Darby is better than the professionals (police and coroner) at their jobs. Darby is more than just the center that holds the plot together; she is charming, enthusiastic, and dedicated as she realizes how far corporations will go is the bottom line.Harriet Klausner

The corporate world can be...murder! (edited spelling)

The corporate world can be...murder!(...)Two Dead, One to Dieby Louise M. Hoblitt4 out of 5Darby Hill is an up and coming talented promoter forTerraTech's video games. She is on the fast track tofilling her exciting career dreams of a lifetime whenlife and specifically death gets in the way.All seems to be going well in her world until anout of place gruffy old geezer suddenly appears oneday on the second floor of the high tech videocompany.Darby's cohort and former two timing lover, Curtis,seems to want nothing to do with this "gentleman,"even though he's asking for him by name. What on earthcould this scruffy old man want with Curtis? Curtis'shasty explanation to Darby doesn't necessarily ringtrue.Her curiosity is even more peaked when Al Jones,alias "gruffy old man," comes up dead and then Curtisis found dead shortly thereafter.One thing leads to another and Darby finds, not onlyher career world coming apart, but her whole lifeunraveling. Someone is cleverly trying to set her upfor two murders, but Darby is pretty clever too.Darby is learning more than ever that the corporateworld can be...murder.Ms. Hoblitt shows a good sense of pacing and dialogue,as well as the inside workings of the corporate world.She has created a likable sleuth in Darby Hill.With the publication of her debut mystery, Two Dead,One to Die, Louise Hoblitt now adds author to her listof many talents.Moderator, Mystery Most Cozy(...)

Fun Read

I loved this book. I brought it with me for reading on the train while on my summer trip to Spain. I got so much into the mystery of "who done it" that I ignored much Spanish country side. The author does an intelligent job of developing characters, keeping the mystery to the end, and throwing in local sites from the Bay Area to make the reading fun for us locals. Good job. I'd like to read what she writes next.

A Good Read

This is a welll-witten, suspenseful mystery with lots of characters to root for and others to loathe. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.