The Importance of Being Ernestine: An Ellie Haskell Mystery
 Talent, wit -- so what's missing?: This is the first book I have read of Cannell's and I like it very much, but not without some reservations. Her writing is tight and often very funny. Yet there is something just not quite right about the character [... more]
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Withering Heights (Ellie Haskell Mysteries, No. 12)
DELIGHTFUL WAY TO SPEND A RAINY EVENING.: I enjoy this particular genre and enjoy reading the writings of a very good story teller. With this work, I was quite satisfied on both counts. This is yet another installment in the Ellie Haskell Mystery Series [... more]
$22.95
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The Thin Woman
LOVED IT!: I hate to admit this, because it's nothing against the book at all. I absolutely love this book but for the life of me I can never remember the name. I know what it's about and about when I read it so I search my library for the name each time. [... more]
$13.95
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Withering Heights (Ellie Haskell Mysteries, No. 12)
DELIGHTFUL WAY TO SPEND A RAINY EVENING.: I enjoy this particular genre and enjoy reading the writings of a very good story teller. With this work, I was quite satisfied on both counts. This is yet another installment in the Ellie Haskell Mystery Series [... more]
$6.99
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God Save the Queen!
Amazon.com Review: Imagine Remains of the Day rewritten by an Agatha Christie with a nasty sense of humor, and you'll get some idea of why Dorothy Cannell's new mystery is such great fun. When Sir Henry Gossinger announces that he intends to leave his [... more]
$7.99
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Down the Garden Path (Tessa Fields Mystery)
Very entertaining and funny.: I've read this book a couple of times because I enjoy the story and the way it's written. I also like the Misses Tramwell. I know they have been in Ellie Haskel books and also in "God Save the Queen". I wish [... more]
$5.99
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The Trouble with Harriet (Ellie Haskell Mysteries)
Acceptable,, but not memorable.: Readers of Dorothy Cannell's "The Trouble with Harriet" may be disappointed. After such wonderful stories like "The Thin Woman" and "How to Murder the Man of Your Dreams," "The Trouble [... more]
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Femmes Fatal
Another fun, light who-dunnit: After reading Cannell's "The Thin Woman" I had to immediately find the next Ellie Haskell book and this is it. I was not disappointed. Ellie, who has had her share of disappointments and uncertainties, is fighting [... more]
$7.99
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The Spring Cleaning Murders: An Ellie Haskell Mystery ...
Mom Needs a Break: Maybe Ellie needs a break from the twins. This book plods rather than waltzes. Cannell's usual sparkle is missing, and Ellie's character is somewhat anemic, showing little of her usual goofy charm. The ending is Victorian mush, which [... more]
$6.99
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How to Murder Your Mother-In-Law
Silly yet fun!: Well, darn; bought this book hoping for ideas! Kidding; however they did come up with some goodies with naughty results. This mystery cozy is set in England and has the funny sign-song style I love. When four "ticked-off" [... more]
$19.95
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Goodbye, Ms. Chips (Ellie Haskell Mysteries, No. 13)
Book Description: Charming amateur sleuth Ellie Haskell is forced to confront a dark secret from her past when she returns to her old boarding school to solve a case of robbery--and finds herself tracking a murderer. Going back to St. Roberta's-where she [... more]
$23.95
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The Widow's Club
A British Mystery sure to loosen that Stiff Upper!: Does Agatha Christy bore you to tears? Do British Mysteries make you constipated? Well, drop what you're doing and if you like clever witty mystery's mixed with British wit and humor, you'll love this [... more]
$7.99
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