- Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Orion; New edition edition (4 May 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752836951
- ISBN-13: 978-0752836959
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11.4 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 981,112 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Marilyn Monroe in question is a beach donkey and Grace Smith - too broke to be selective when it's a question of work - is called in by the donkey's owner, Drysdale, to investigate this bizarre crime. While doing so she finds herself inexorably drawn into the mystery surrounding the murder of a young woman, Tina, whose aunt lived in the house backing on to Drysdale's land. As the plot unfolds, it becomes clear that the murders of Marilyn and Tina are connected - and that Grace has stumbled on a whole lot more than she bargained for . . . 'Witty dialogue and spirited pace make this an enjoyable start to what I hope will be a series of Grace Smith investigations' Daily Telegraph
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Liz Evans is in her early forties. She has worked in all sorts of companies from plastic moulding manufacturers to Japanese banks through to film production and BBC Radio. She was born in Highgate, went to school in Barnet and now lives in Hertfordshire.
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Finding out who murdered Marilyn Monroe nearly got me killed as well. Read the first page
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7 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This book is the first in a really sparky series about a feisty female PI called Grace Smith. She really grows on you. I loved the plot about a dead donkey and having read all three books, I can't wait for number four.
2 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Evans has been hailed as the British Janet Evanovich but she lacks the latter's laugh-out-loud wit. PI Grace Smith is oddly colourless and her search for the killer of a seaside donkey and, only incidentally, a local call girl, seems deliberately gimmicky. Still, this is only the first in the series and there may be something here to build on which will make perseverance worthwhile.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Marilyn Monroe ..The Donkey ! That is........
23 Nov 2002
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I'll admit, I saw this book in the bookstore several times and was put off by the title, Who Killed Marilyn Monroe, frankly who cares..Then the other day I was checking to see if the new Evanovich was in and actually picked the book up and read the jacket. This is when I discovered that the Marilyn in this book is actually a donkey,in my opinion any book with a male donkey called Marilyn Monroe, multiple murders and mayhem is worth a read.
This is the first book in the series featuring PI Grace Smith, Grace is tall, blonde and perpetually broke, she has as many problems and hangups as the rest of us and is very easy to identify with. The one-liners scattered through the text are brilliant, the dialogue is well written and fast paced with frequent oportunities for a laugh. I will definitely be buying the next three books to see what else Grace manages to get herself into.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Liz Evans is one of my favorite mystery writers
2 Nov 2005
Format:Mass Market Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Unfortunately, she's not well known in the United States, although she deserves to be.
You can't help making some comparisons between Kinsey Milhone and Grace Smith (Liz Evans's PI) -- both are basically loners who have a few close friends, both are tight-fisted, are careless about their clothes and personal appearance, and both live in the margins, without family ties to speak of. But Grace Smith is very much her own character -- she's funny, sharp in her comebacks, has an edge to her, and inhabits a very different world from a wealthy California coastal town. Grace lives in a seaside town in England -- a town that used to be a resort but now only gets weekend visitors. And Liz creates a world around Liz that seems real -- like you've been there and can see it all, see the people, see the greasy spoon restaurant she's always cadging meals at, see the lonely beach off-season.
This story is about a donkey -- Marilyn Monroe -- who is killed. The police don't want to waste time on this, so the donkey's owner hires Grace Smith to find out who killed Marilyn Monroe. Grace is no fool and suspects it may be tied to a killing of a human that happened about the same time in the same general area -- and so her investigation follows that line. She quickly discovers who was killed (the police don't have a name yet) and begins to investigate who that person was and what the motive was.
My only regret is that I have only one more book to read in the Liz Evans series. I hope she keeps writing them, and I hope these books become more readily available in the U.S. so that others can get to know Smithie and her sharp British wit.
You can't help making some comparisons between Kinsey Milhone and Grace Smith (Liz Evans's PI) -- both are basically loners who have a few close friends, both are tight-fisted, are careless about their clothes and personal appearance, and both live in the margins, without family ties to speak of. But Grace Smith is very much her own character -- she's funny, sharp in her comebacks, has an edge to her, and inhabits a very different world from a wealthy California coastal town. Grace lives in a seaside town in England -- a town that used to be a resort but now only gets weekend visitors. And Liz creates a world around Liz that seems real -- like you've been there and can see it all, see the people, see the greasy spoon restaurant she's always cadging meals at, see the lonely beach off-season.
This story is about a donkey -- Marilyn Monroe -- who is killed. The police don't want to waste time on this, so the donkey's owner hires Grace Smith to find out who killed Marilyn Monroe. Grace is no fool and suspects it may be tied to a killing of a human that happened about the same time in the same general area -- and so her investigation follows that line. She quickly discovers who was killed (the police don't have a name yet) and begins to investigate who that person was and what the motive was.
My only regret is that I have only one more book to read in the Liz Evans series. I hope she keeps writing them, and I hope these books become more readily available in the U.S. so that others can get to know Smithie and her sharp British wit.
BUY IN HASTE, REPENT IN LEISURE!!!
14 May 2012
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Never buy a book without reading a page!!!! This book is NOT about Marilyn Monroe the movie star. It is about a MULE named Marilyn Monroe that was murdered in a mule train named after famous movie stars!!! So if I ever finish it, i will let you know. Right now I am reading the assassination of MM. It is text book style. Take notes and hope for a story-like chapter or two...
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