- Hardcover: 314 pages
- Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group; 1 edition (July 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0425190145
- ISBN-13: 978-0425190142
- Product Dimensions: 21.7 x 14.1 x 2.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,070,367 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3.9 out of 5 stars (11 customer reviews)
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Hot on the Mommy-Track, 12 Aug 2003
By Sarah Rocklin - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Death Gets a Time-Out (Mommy-Track Mysteries) (Hardcover)
I've read all of Ayelet Waldman's Mommy Track mysteries and this one may be the best yet. Juliet Applebaum is at work again, to clear the name of her best friend's step-brother. She must discover what went on in the past to figure out what has happened in the present. In the course of her investigation, she begins to wonder if she won't clear her friend's step-brother only to find out that her friend is the killer! The usual humor of Ms. Waldman's mysteries is in full flow here. Juliet is someone you'd love to have as a friend in the good times and would hope to have as a champion in the bad times.
This is an exceedingly fun series.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Likeable heroine in a readable mystery, 11 Aug 2003
By Dr Cathy Goodwin - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Death Gets a Time-Out (Mommy-Track Mysteries) (Hardcover)
I was hooked as soon as I read page one, and had trouble putting down the book until the end. This is a tribute to Ayelet Waldman's skill as a writer as well as her likeable heroine. The ending is pretty easy to guess (well, except for the exact villain, and by the end it didn't matter which of two or three possibles was actually guilty). The heroine remains charming -- the kind of person you'd want to know as a neighbor, a "normal," unglamorous mom on the edge of the Hollywood scene. The plot elements actually seem a little stale: true/false memories, rehab center with psychiatrist who's a little too cozy with his patients, cult, ex-hippies with names like Polaris and Jupiter.
Still, I read the book all the way through and I never once felt the urge to pull out the blue pencil and second-guess the writer or the editors. And we get some comic relief with vignettes of family life from the mommy perspective. Juliet's children are typical little terrors. Her husband, Peter, is almost too good to be true.
This is a cozy mystery, deftly plotted, perfect for an escape, by a real pro. With fresher plot ingredients and a little more character depth, would be five stars.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Juliet looks for a murderer in the past, 31 Mar 2005
By Booked4Life "booked4life" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Death Gets a Time-Out (Mommy-Track) (Mass Market Paperback)
This entry in the mommy-track mystery series follows Juliet as she tries to be a good mommy, wife, and detective--with morning sickness interruptions.
Juliet detects in various interesting places, including a drug treatment clinic for the very rich, a strange Raellian-like cult, Hollywood, a Mexican commune in the 60's, and among the Pasadena politicos.
An interesting mystery with lots of interesting twists.
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