- Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation; Reprint edition (3 Jan 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0758222548
- ISBN-13: 978-0758222541
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.6 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 89,467 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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When a big Hollywood movie studio comes to New Orleans and wants to use Bitsy Duhe s gorgeous Victorian house for a shoot, Bitsy consents as long as Charlotte La Rue, owner of Maid for a Day, agrees to take care of her beloved home during filming... Soon Charlotte meets the cast and crew, including Hollywood ingénue Angel Martinique. The movie seems to be going well until a body is found dead in Angel s dressing room, a bloody letter opener just a few feet away. To Charlotte, there s no shortage of suspects. But when the police zero in on Angel, Charlotte does a little digging into Angel s past, and comes up with a bit more dirt than she bargained for enough to put her in the crosshairs of danger if she doesn t watch her step...
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
this time charlotte is cleaning Bitsy duhe's house which is being used a movie set. all is no what is seems on set and when the main star's supposed boyfriend is murdered all eyes fall on her. but a familar face from charlottes past begs her to help solve the murder and in true charlotte style she does. many suspects are considered for the murderer and still wasnt sure that my guess was right and the ending was totally not what is was expecting. cant wait for the next one!!!!
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Reading with Tequila
22 Feb 2010
Format:Hardcover
Dusted to Death is the 8th book in the Maid-for-a-Day series. This time around Charlotte is working with Hollywood-type people who have come to New Orleans to film a new movie. The lead actress's boyfriend is murdered and Charlotte sets out to find the killer.
Things end predictably when Charlotte was attacked by the killer and had to physically fight them off, as is the case with just about every title in this series. She's a 60-something woman who constantly prevails over much younger attackers and survives to clean another day. In an unexpected move, the lead detective begins taking Charlotte seriously as a would-be detective. I found this annoying. The police, including Charlotte's niece, constantly tell her not to get involved and yet this time, they're all but literally patting her on the back for meddling. The huge positive in Dusted to Death was that I had no idea who the killer was until they were finally revealed.
Barbara Colley writes a very good mystery, which seems to be the only reason I continue reading this series. I have no love for Charlotte. She is forever chiding others for their swearing, bringing up "the Lord" at seemingly random occasions and is strangely clueless about her would-be relationship with her neighbor, Louis. She's an older woman that I could not stand to be around. She grates on me to the point where I kind of wish one of the killers would just do her in already.
There were a lot of tiny personal annoyances and many situations that seemed highly unrealistic, but Dusted to Death does contain a compelling mystery. Perhaps the Maid-for-a-Day series would be a better fit for a generation or two older than myself.
Things end predictably when Charlotte was attacked by the killer and had to physically fight them off, as is the case with just about every title in this series. She's a 60-something woman who constantly prevails over much younger attackers and survives to clean another day. In an unexpected move, the lead detective begins taking Charlotte seriously as a would-be detective. I found this annoying. The police, including Charlotte's niece, constantly tell her not to get involved and yet this time, they're all but literally patting her on the back for meddling. The huge positive in Dusted to Death was that I had no idea who the killer was until they were finally revealed.
Barbara Colley writes a very good mystery, which seems to be the only reason I continue reading this series. I have no love for Charlotte. She is forever chiding others for their swearing, bringing up "the Lord" at seemingly random occasions and is strangely clueless about her would-be relationship with her neighbor, Louis. She's an older woman that I could not stand to be around. She grates on me to the point where I kind of wish one of the killers would just do her in already.
There were a lot of tiny personal annoyances and many situations that seemed highly unrealistic, but Dusted to Death does contain a compelling mystery. Perhaps the Maid-for-a-Day series would be a better fit for a generation or two older than myself.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
my 1st charlotte larue
3 Dec 2010
Format:Hardcover
i bought the paperback from amazon.it cause i liked the title.it's funny and good clean fun about some likeable real people.there isn't much suspense but it doesn't matter.i like the new orleans background and the heroine.will probably get her other books.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Cheers for Charlotte!
23 May 2010
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have recently discovered Barbara Colley's Charlotte Larue mysteries series and I've read all seven of them in the past few weeks. I love this 60-something cleaning lady! She is smart, gutsy, good sense of right versus wrong...and very good at her job! This last one (so far) is my favorite but each one of them have been excellent. I hope Ms. Colley continues with this series as I feel like "one of the Larue family"!
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