Minotaur Books
Featuring: Elizabeth Parker; Martin Reynolds; Detective Joe Muldoon
304 pages ISBN: 0312699417 EAN: 9780312699413 Hardcover Add to Wish List
Eight years ago Ann Reynolds broke up with her boy friend,
Joe Muldoon, because her family convinced her that he
wasn't good enough for the Reynolds' family. If you are a
Jane Austen fan and this storyline sounds familiar to you,
that's because MURDER MOST PERSUASIVE is a modern rewrite
of Jane Austen's Persuasion with a murderous twist.
Narrated by Elizabeth Parker, Anne's cousin, Tracy Kiely
has cleverly written a humorous murder mystery inspired by
one of Jane Austen's most beloved novels.
When Martin Reynolds dies after a battle with cancer, his
house in St. Michaels, Maryland is sold, but when the new
owners uncover a dead body under the pool, the Reynolds'
family has some explaining to do. Not only is the Reynolds
family outraged that they are all suspects, but Ann is
stunned when the lead detective on the case is none other
than her old flame, Joe Muldoon. The body under the pool is
identified as Michael Barrow. Michael was once engaged to
Reggie Reynolds, Ann's cousin. Michael was last seen alive
at the Reynolds' Fourth of July party and also happened to
disappear after embezzling one million dollars from Martin
Reynolds' company.
Reggie Reynolds isn't the only suspect in the Reynolds'
family. Days after Martin Reynolds died, and after a very
theatrical funeral performance, his much younger widow,
Bonnie, leaves town for a few days of rest at a spa.
However, Bonnie does not come back alone. She returns
accompanied by Julian St. Clair, a much younger piece of
eye candy who sees auras, and who has been hired by Bonnie
as her new financial adviser. Julian's first order of
business is to invest the money on the sale of the St.
Michaels house. No matter how hard the Reynolds family
tries to prove their innocence, each new clue points to a
family member. When a startling new development suddenly
makes Ann a person of interest, she is comforted by the
fact that Joe comes to her defense.
I had quite a few laughs reading MURDER MOST PERSUASIVE. I
would love to meet Tracy Kiely, who obviously has a wicked
sense of humor! I thought she nailed Joe and Ann's first
meeting after eight years. Joe Muldoon and Ann Reynolds
were magically transformed into Anne Elliot and Captain
Wentworth -- with a murder case hanging over their heads, of
course! The murder mystery was a little contrived. I felt
disappointed with the identity of the murderer. But the
humor alone is enough to make MURDER MOST PERSUASIVE a very
enjoyable read for Austen fans or anyone looking for a good
laugh!
After the death of Elizabeth Parker's great-uncle Martin
Reynolds, the family’s house in the picturesque Maryland
town of St. Michaels is sold. When the new owners dig up
the pool, they find the body of the man thought to have
run off eight years earlier after embezzling over a
million dollars from the family business.
This grisly discovery not only unearths old questions
about what really happened to the stolen money, but it
brings Detective Joe Muldoon back into the family’s lives.
Eight years earlier, Elizabeth’s cousin Ann reluctantly
broke off her relationship with Joe due to family
pressure. Ann always regretted that decision and now fears
that it is too late for her and Joe–especially after she
becomes the main suspect.
In a clever and entertaining story with echoes of Jane
Austen’s Persuasion, Elizabeth tries to not only match
wits against a killer who’s had an eight year head-start,
but to also try her hand at matchmaking.
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