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Lädt ... Nutty as a Fruitcake (1990)von Mary Daheim
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Ok. Lots more about narrators personal life. Mentioned drinking quite often ( ) okay I had to read this all the way through but as far as keeping me in gut wrenching suspension well it did not quite live up its super adorable cover! this took many months for me to finish reading when usually it would take 3 days so yeah kinda hit a road block or finishing a book reading dates are not exact but close just cause i know I started this in the spring and did not finish till summer about a month ago It's time to decorate for Christmas, and Judith asks her neighbors to please make their outsides festive (the Jewish couple decide to put up blue and white lights for Hanukkah). The Goodriches are the only ones who neither come to Judith's meeting and nor decorate. Well, George probably would if his beastly wife, Enid, would let him. Why is George still putting up with the shrew? Their children are grown. Frankly, the neighbors wonder why he hasn't snapped and murdered her years ago. When Edith is murdered, did George do it? Judith doesn't think so. She sets out to find the real killer. She also has to deal with a beautiful young cop who might be looking to snag Judith's man. Then again, that might be all in Judith's mind. There's a wealth of information about how the Grovers, Judith and her cousin Renie's family, celebrated Christmas when they were children. (See chapter 15 for thrifty Aunt Ellen's homemade gifts & what she used to wrap them in this year.) Joe Flynn, homicide cop and Judith's second husband, is not a fan of Christmas. Yes, he's had three fun Christmases since he married Judith, but all the ones he had with his family and his drunken first wife were BAD (see chapter one). There's the usual humor in the dialog and situations. (Sweetums proves yet again that Judith's mother didn't pick a good name for her cat.) Appropriately for a book with Nutty as a Fruitcake for its title, there's a recipe for Aunt Deb's Dark Fruitcake. It has no nuts because Renie is allergic to them. The last two lines of the recipe made me chuckle. Zeige 5 von 5 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Hillside Manor's neighbors all adored proprietor Judith McMonigle Flynn's festive suggestion to deck the halls and houses in their cul-de-sac with eye-catching Christmas finery -- except Enid Goodrich.The grumpy old humbug refused to cooperate.Then someone cooked her Christmas goose -- silencing Enid's objections with a handy hatchet. Though Judith's already got a lot under her tree -- what with holidy business booming and the anticipated unwanted arrival of hubby Joe's soused ex-spouse -- she's not about to let murder mess up what's left of her seasonal spirit. With the help of irrepressible cousin Renie, Judith's determined to wrap up this case for Christmas -- and expose the Scrooge-slayer who felt strongly that the only Goodrich is a Deadrich. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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