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"DON'T be so rigid, Peter,'' I called after my husband as he went to answer the door. Read the first page
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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.
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.
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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