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Death Gets A Time-Out (2004)

Death Gets A Time-Out (2004)

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0425197123 (ISBN13: 9780425197127)
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English
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berkley

About book Death Gets A Time-Out (2004)

I wanted to try another Mommy Track mystery after reading "The Big Nap". While I enjoyed that book there was an awful lot about breast feeding and the wonderful smell of babies. I thought maybe that was limited to just The Big Nap. Unfortunately that was not the case. Juliet Applebaum, lawyer turned Mommy is working a case but also finds out she's pregnant. She then proceeds to whine, bitch and moan about getting pregnant and "How could this happen?" and "I don't want another baby" Oy! Does this woman not have a college education? She's got 2 choices for not getting pregnant: abstinence or birth control and 2 choices after she's pregnant: abortion or adoption. I had to trash this book as I could not take the incessant blaming and whining.

Interesting "detective" is a lawyer, now stay at home mother, who narrates this mystery. Married to a Hollywood movie writer, she now acts as a private investigator, helping defend a starlet friend's step brother, accused of killing his stepmother. Besides an engaging puzzle complete with jeopardy, the mystery presents evidence on both sides of the "recovered memories" controversy. Adult themes and some language may ruin this homey mystery for sensitive readers. The family values of the protagonist help make it less objectionable.

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This book was a straight forward whodunit, with a few minor twists at the end. The main character, Juliet, is well developed and believable as a former lawyer turned crime solver. However, I could have done without the constant references to her pregnancy and associated nausea. As for the other characters in the story, I felt the reader was given just enough information during Juliet's interactions to move the plot forward. Not a jaw dropping ending, but overall an enjoyable story. I was not drawn enough to Ayelet Waldman's writing to read another of her books.
—Alissa

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