Rating: 
Summary: I'm all for leaving my heart in San Francisco
Review: After the first three novels in the "Murder, she wrote" series of mysteries, I sort of prepared myself for another cozy but nonetheless fruitless work by contributor Donald Bain. However, "Martinis & mayhem" surprised me very pleasantly. Jessica is once again on the road, promoting her latest novel "Blood Relations", when a visit to the local women's prison puts her right in the spot to clear an innocently imprisoned young woman by the name of Kimberly Steffer. Jessica finds her diary in her purse at her return to the hotel and decides she will do what she does best: solve the mystery to clear the wrongfully accused and, at the same time, catch the correct culprit. In this adventure, Jessica in joined by her old friend from Scotland Yard, detective George Sutherland, who seems to be very interested in becoming more than a friend, although Jessica is not quite sure she wants to abandoned her widowhood just yet. The book is well written, and its simple prose is not out of place as it was in the previous novels. Jessica appears smart and quick witted, and George Sutherland is no less than the most typically charming British gentleman. San Francisco is described in a way only a connoisseur could do it: its beautiful sights, the Golden Gate bridge (where Jessica almost falls to her death!), the typical trolleys and the romance this picturesque city has to offer (even though Jessica describes it from the point of view of the upper class traveller), will delight every reader's senses. I will definitely reccommend this book for the "Red Eye" on your next trip to San Francisco, the better yet if you have never been there; and a delight for the repeated visitor as well.
Rating:
Summary: Great Book!!!!!!
Review: For anyone who liked the series, this book is great. While Jessica Fletcher is at a women's prison a prisner puts her diary in Jessica's hand bag. After reading it she decides that the woman is inicent of murdering her husband. This is one of the best books in the series my sudgestion to any mystery fan is to buy this book right away
Rating:
Summary: Fabulous!!
Review: I loved this book as it like the program keeps you guessing right until the ending and it is sometimes funny sometimes dramatic and always exciting. I intend to get them all if I can!
Rating:
Summary: Wow What a great read
Review: I loved this book as it like the program keeps you guessing right until the ending and it is sometimes funny sometimes dramatic and always exciting. I intend to get them all if I can!
Rating: 
Summary: Martinis and Mayhem
Review: Jessica Fletcher is a woman mystery writer. In her own time of promoting her own book helps solve a crime. She always gets the criminals which the police love and hate. The police hate it because Jessica always annoys them with questions they don?t know. Martinis and Mayhem was a trilling and adventurous book. It involves Jessica going to a prison to teach inmates how to keep a diary. Once she gets back from the prison and looks in her bag there is a diary. The diary is one of the inmates who is innocent. It gives helpful hints and information other characters wouldn?t tell her. She has three other people that give little bits of information. One of which is a Scotland Yard agent who?s name is George Sutherland. He was trying to prove the inmate was innocent from the begging. He helps Jessica go to different Jessica also risks her own life searching for a clue. Not only with Jessica Fletcher cracking the case, but she describes many places with lots of descriptive words which make you feel like you were there. Jessica Fletcher does this in many books like in Manhattans and Murder she describes New York like that. Jessica gives an inside look on San Francisco which makes people want to visit there and see all the places she was talking about. By Lydia Bull
Rating:
Summary: Martinis and Mayhem
Review: Jessica Fletcher is a woman mystery writer. In her own time of promoting her own book helps solve a crime. She always gets the criminals which the police love and hate. The police hate it because Jessica always annoys them with questions they don't know. Martinis and Mayhem was a trilling and adventurous book. It involves Jessica going to a prison to teach inmates how to keep a diary. Once she gets back from the prison and looks in her bag there is a diary. The diary is one of the inmates who is innocent. It gives helpful hints and information other characters wouldn't tell her. She has three other people that give little bits of information. One of which is a Scotland Yard agent who's name is George Sutherland. He was trying to prove the inmate was innocent from the begging. He helps Jessica go to different Jessica also risks her own life searching for a clue. Not only with Jessica Fletcher cracking the case, but she describes many places with lots of descriptive words which make you feel like you were there. Jessica Fletcher does this in many books like in Manhattans and Murder she describes New York like that. Jessica gives an inside look on San Francisco which makes people want to visit there and see all the places she was talking about. By Lydia Bull
Rating:
Summary: A one in a million!!
Review: This book is one of the best in the series. Its plot is very well developed, and the characters are very realistic. This book is for anyone who likes mysteries. I commend Jessica Fletcher and Donald Bain for this wonderful book. Read it, you won't regret it.
Rating:
Summary: Meanwhile, on the Other Coast ...
Review: This cozy continuation of Cabot Cove capers is comfortable, but climax-challenged. The ?Murder, She Wrote? book series is ?based on the Universal television series? ostensibly written in the 1st person by Jessica Fletcher, with a little help from Donald Bain. It is fairly true to the long-running tv series, with variations that only the more-than-casual viewer might catch. At the book?s beginning, Jessica awakens, puts on the kettle for tea, and settles into her den to watch NBC?s Today Show. ?Willard Scott, my favorite weatherman?? Jessica would never have been allowed to do or say that! All those Sunday nights on CBS! This time, Jessica is off to San Francisco for a publication tour on her new murder mystery book. While addressing some inmates at a Women?s prison, she is slipped a Diary of a convict in whose proclaimed innocence Jessica comes to believe. So if Kimberly didn?t do it, who did? And why is someone trying to joust Jessica off the Golden Gate Bridge? Yet there?s Jessica?s characteristic good humour. ?I reached the San Francisco side [of the Bridge] in what might have been the fastest mile ever recorded by a female mystery writer from Maine who was on the wrong side of fifty.? While addressing a high school class about mystery writing, Jessica responds to a question regarding actress selection: ?Joan Fontaine, or Vivien Leigh. Of course, I?d be pleased if Angela Lansbury played me in a film version of my book.? Unfortunately, the class is unfamiliar with any of these ?mature? actresses. The characterization, plot, and pace are good until the wet-fire-cracker end. No, I?m not going to tell you ? or even hint! Read the book ? it?s a fun visit with old friends.
Rating:
Summary: Meanwhile, on the Other Coast ...
Review: This cozy continuation of Cabot Cove capers is comfortable, but climax-challenged. The "Murder, She Wrote" book series is 'based on the Universal television series" ostensibly written in the 1st person by Jessica Fletcher, with a little help from Donald Bain. It is fairly true to the long-running tv series, with variations that only the more-than-casual viewer might catch. At the book's beginning, Jessica awakens, puts on the kettle for tea, and settles into her den to watch NBC's Today Show. "Willard Scott, my favorite weatherman..." Jessica would never have been allowed to do or say that! All those Sunday nights on CBS! This time, Jessica is off to San Francisco for a publication tour on her new murder mystery book. While addressing some inmates at a Women's prison, she is slipped a Diary of a convict in whose proclaimed innocence Jessica comes to believe. So if Kimberly didn't do it, who did? And why is someone trying to joust Jessica off the Golden Gate Bridge? Yet there's Jessica's characteristic good humour. "I reached the San Francisco side [of the Bridge] in what might have been the fastest mile ever recorded by a female mystery writer from Maine who was on the wrong side of fifty." While addressing a high school class about mystery writing, Jessica responds to a question regarding actress selection: "Joan Fontaine, or Vivien Leigh. Of course, I'd be pleased if Angela Lansbury played me in a film version of my book." Unfortunately, the class is unfamiliar with any of these "mature" actresses. The characterization, plot, and pace are good until the wet-fire-cracker end. No, I'm not going to tell you - or even hint! Read the book - it's a fun visit with old friends.
Rating:
Summary: Great Book
Review: This is the seventh Murder, She Wrote book I've read and was the best so far. It has a great plot and made me feel like i knew and were a part of the characters lives. The book never drags and has a fast- paced plot. It is a great book and you won't want to put it down.
| 
