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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780061044533 ISBN: 0061044539 Label: Avon Manufacturer: Avon Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: December 01, 1998 Publisher: Avon Release Date: November 04, 1998 Studio: Avon Editorial Review: Product Description: A Taste For Murder Food writer Angie Amalfi's long-awaited vacation with her detective boyfriend Paavo Smith has all the ingredients of a romantic getaway'-a sail to Acapulco aboard a freighter, no crowds, no homicide department worries, a red bikini. It's the perfect scenario for a proposal. But it isn't long before Angie's Love Boat fantasies are headed for stormy seas-'the cook tries to jump off the ship, Paavo is acting mighty strange, the fellow passengers are an odd lot, Angie's luggage is rifled through, and the meals are terribly unimaginative. She's willing to help out in the kitchen, but when murder is added to the menu, Angie thinks maybe the cook had the right idea. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Avid Reader - DisappointedCooks Overboard was a disappointment compared to other Angie Amalfi Mysteries. There were very few cooking references along with a half-cooked plot. The characters were under developed, and yet overly simplistic in their predictable actions. I had the "bad person" of this book figured out way to early to truly enjoy it. I was looking for another quality mystery and found little more than an exercise in reading. Rating:  - Brain-Dancing With Grey Cloud FinesseThis novel opened with a dramatic, brow-puzzling change in Paavo's character. The change was so perfectly etched into flawless syntax and so absolutely unexpected, it zapped the buzz wizz chaos of my reality, welded it into a reading focus, and snapped me into the book before I could get a clue on what hit me. I was glued to Paavo's every lifeless word and rare thought as Pence polished his presence as a lackluster blob of nothingness. Who was this guy dragging around a ... Read More Rating:  - Ridiculous!I actually read the books previous to this in the series- but this book I had to resort to skimming because so much was farfetched. Having Angie randomly spout theory about science... which so conveniently happens to tie to the mystery? I appreciated the attempt to actually have Angie to the rescue instead of Paavo, as usual, but it was so ridiculous that this book made me wonder how much Pence thinks readers can suspend our disbelief and just swallow all this craziness. She again tries to draw out ... Read More Rating:  - Have to love Paavo and AngieWhile not my favorite of the series, still a good book. I really like how the characters are developing and the sense of reality you get from reading the book. Particularly Paavo. Joanne's ability to make you understand and feel for him increases with each book. Rating: - Author overboardWitless and unrelievedly dreadful. So bad it could have been the basis for a late 70's Disney movie. I've found more convincing plots and more compelling characters on the backs of cereal boxes. Even a "no-star" rating would be too high -- Amazon should have a "black hole" rating for books like this one. |
