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It's a Mod, Mod, Mod, Mod Murder

por Rosemary Martin

Séries: Murder A-Go-Go (1)

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With a degree from secretarial school, Bebe Bennett has split Richmond, Virginia, for the whirlwind of Manhattan. Getting in on the British invasion, her boss at Rip City Records has signed up Philip Royal and the Beefeaters. But when Bebe and her stewardess roommate Darlene go to meet two members of the band for a fab night out, they find Philip dead, electrocuted with his own guitar. Even worse, the fuzz suspect Darlene. So, it's up to Bebe to abandon her Jackie Kennedy-inspired suits and venture into the smoky nightclubs of Greenwich Village, delving into the dark side of the swinging city to expose a killer.… (mais)
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I read this because I used to be in a Lilian Jackson Braun fan group on yahoogroups with the author, and she was very nice. I'm glad I did. There are some sentences that do not ring true, especially in the first few chapters, but once the book hits its stride it is a lot of fun and a better mystery than I expected. Though the heroine's obsession with her boss drives me crazy (I keep wanting to holler, "You can do sooooo much better than this! Pretty is as pretty does," etc), I still found her likable and mostly believable. Her father is a bit too much of a caricature, in my opinion, and some of the other characters could have used a little more development. But this isn't intended to be Madame Bovary, and it succeeds at what it is intended to be: a lighthearted, genuinely funny 60s-themed murder mystery. You love the 60s? This has Tang, false eyelashes, Dippity-Do, a very young Neil Diamond, and so much more! It really was a lot of fun. I hope I can find the next one. ( )
  aurelas | Dec 23, 2016 |
It’s 1964 and Elizabeth ‘call me Bebe’ Bennett has just moved from the genteel South in America to a New York apartment. When she and her airline stewardess roommate Darlene visit a luxury hotel for a date with two members of a new band that Bebe’s boss, Bradley Williams, has signed to his record label life gets complicated. The lead singer of the band is found murdered, Darlene is a suspect and ordered not to leave town (difficult for an international stewardess) and the man Bebe’s in love with, Bradley Williams, might lose his job. As is the way with all good cosy mysteries, Bebe struts into the role of amateur sleuthery with a great deal of enthusiasm and a load of luck.

Although it concerns a more recent past than is normally the case with historical crime fiction I’m still putting this one in that sub-genre as the main feature of the book is its focus on the swinging 60’s. There are loads of cultural and fashion references and the author clearly has a love of the time period. Bebe working for a record company offers lots of scope for name-dropping and the two girls lead quite the high-life. I wasn’t born until the end of the 60’s so have no first hand memory of the time but I grew up listening almost exclusively to the music from the era and could probably tell you the plot of every That Girl episode (thanks to mum for both of these influences) and so I thoroughly enjoyed the setting of this story.

The plot was fairly typical of a cosy mystery in that the amateur sleuths have a number of scrapes and brushes with danger and there are red herrings and false suspects galore. However ‘routine’ it might be it does fit together logically and the resolution was satisfyingly unpredictable. The romance element was a bit higher than I like, particularly as Bebe was hopelessly in love with her boss and spent a bit too much of the book mooning about the place and being soppy. In fact she and the rest of the characters are a bit too two-dimensional to be truly memorable but there is potential for them and the friendship between Bebe and Darlene is a nicely written relationship.

This was a fun, quick book to read that delivered exactly what it promised. If you’re a fan of the 60’s and fancy a bit of escapsit fun (or a trip down memory lane) you could do a lot worse
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  bsquaredinoz | Mar 31, 2013 |
Bebe is a good girl from Virginia experiencing life in NYC for the first time. I enjoyed her interactions with the other characters, particularly with her boss, Bradley. The solution to the mystery seemed pretty obvious, despite the many possible suspects. The book was still fun anyway though. I am looking forward to the next installment of the series. ( )
  navelos | Jul 15, 2010 |
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With a degree from secretarial school, Bebe Bennett has split Richmond, Virginia, for the whirlwind of Manhattan. Getting in on the British invasion, her boss at Rip City Records has signed up Philip Royal and the Beefeaters. But when Bebe and her stewardess roommate Darlene go to meet two members of the band for a fab night out, they find Philip dead, electrocuted with his own guitar. Even worse, the fuzz suspect Darlene. So, it's up to Bebe to abandon her Jackie Kennedy-inspired suits and venture into the smoky nightclubs of Greenwich Village, delving into the dark side of the swinging city to expose a killer.

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