Death of a Neighborhood Scrooge (A Jaine Austen Mystery)
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Death of a Neighborhood Scrooge (A Jaine Austen Mystery)

Mass Market Paperback – September 24, 2019

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Price
$7.99
Publisher
Kensington
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1496708502
Dimensions
4.13 x 0.84 x 6.76 inches
Weight
5.6 ounces

Description

About the Author LAURA LEVINE is a comedy writer whose television credits include The Bob Newhart Show , Laverne & Shirley , The Love Boat , The Jeffersons , Three’s Company , and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman . Her work has been published in The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times . She lives in Los Angeles, and is currently working on the next Jaine Austen mystery. Readers can reach her on Facebook (Laura Levine Mysteries), or her website: www.JaineAustenMysteries.com.

Features & Highlights

  • Freelance writer Jaine Austen is feeling festive about spending Christmas house-sitting at a posh Bel Air mansion, accompanied by her friend Lance and her cat, Prozac. But when a grumpy neighbor gets himself iced, she’ll have to find the culprit or she may spend the New Year in jail . . .
  • Scotty Parker is a former child star who once played Tiny Tim, but now he’s grown up into the role of neighborhood Scrooge. He cuts the wires on his neighbors’ Christmas lights and tells local kids that Santa had a stroke. And his miserly, bah-humbug attitude lasts year-round—a fact known all too well by his current wife, his ex-wife, his maid, and many more.   Scotty thinks he can stage a comeback with the screenplay he’s working on (
  • The Return of Tiny Tim: Vengeance Is Mine!
  • ), and Jaine’s been reluctantly helping him edit it. So when Scotty is bludgeoned with a frozen chocolate yule log and the police start making a list of suspects and checking it twice, Jaine’s name is unfortunately included. True, she’s been under some stress, with Lance trying to set her up on dates and her fickle feline taking a sudden liking to someone else—but she’s not guilty of murder. Now she just has to prove it . . .
  • “Exemplary . . . a thoroughly enjoyable cozy with just the right balance of crime, humor, and holiday spirit”
  • —Publishers Weekly
  • (Starred Review)

Customer Reviews

Rating Breakdown

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Most Helpful Reviews

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Great!

To complete a set I am reading. I love shopping from home.
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Horrible Novel!

Don't understand any of the good reviews for this dreadful book. Readers want likeable characters. Not self-absorbed, materialistic ones (especially as the heroine). Reviewers raved abut the "hysterical" emails between the main lady and her parents. Nothing hysterical about making people over 60 (or whatever age the folks were supposed to be) as addled, plain stupid, and cringe worthy. I took great offense at that -- I'm 73, and have a lot more grey matter than this writer seems to think older people have. Awful, demeaning story and lack of craft. Would offer no stars if available. BTW, wanted to return this and the 2nd book in the series, but was too physically ill to get it back in the allotted time period. Off to Goodwill when able.
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Fluffy

A very contemporary, light read. Judging by previous books people like this writer but she's not for me. I was only a few pages in before the gay man showed up. Really? Was a fictional characters sexual orientation germane to the plot? Having grown up on Dame Agatha and Sir Arthur this isn't for me. But, I must say that having her characters house-sit in a Bel Air mansion was genius.
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I love all of her books 📚 💕

I love all of her books 📚 💕
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good plotter, light easy read

Laura Levine is entertaining, quick read. All of her books are paced for easy, quick reading. She's excellent at plotting and creates endings that feel both inevitable and surprising.
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Another great book by Laura Levine

Jaine Austen is a hilarious heroine along with her cat. A laugh out loud book
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All the series of books are very entertaining

Great story just like all the other series of books
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Death of a Neighborhood Scrooge (A Jaine Austen Mystery) written by Laura Levine

This series is so much fun. Laura Levine's characters and antics are very funny. Relaxing read. Highly recommend.
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Funny holiday book

This is one of my favorite series to read. I know I am always in for laugh out loud moments. I can't wait for the next book.
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Not great

Horribly cliche and not very well written. I couldnt get through the first 5 chapters.

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