Death Calls the Tune: A Peggy O'Neill Mystery (Peggy O'Neill Mystery)

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Summary: Death of a musician
Review: One of the music professors from the University is found dead in Lake Superior, having presumably jumped from the overhanging cliffs. His grandmother, a wealthy patron of the music school, thinks that her grandson is the victim of foul play. Having been impressed by campus cop Peggy O'Neill's ability to solve an earlier crime, the grandmother asks Peggy to do some investigating. At the time of the investigation, there is a burglary at the music school and Peggy thinks the two events may be connected. Through her thorough sleuthing and interviewing of suspects, Peggy finally discovers the truth behind the death. This is another good "cozy" from author M.D. Lake.

Rating:
Summary: Death of a musician
Review: One of the music professors from the University is found dead in Lake Superior, having presumably jumped from the overhanging cliffs. His grandmother, a wealthy patron of the music school, thinks that her grandson is the victim of foul play. Having been impressed by campus cop Peggy O'Neill's ability to solve an earlier crime, the grandmother asks Peggy to do some investigating. At the time of the investigation, there is a burglary at the music school and Peggy thinks the two events may be connected. Through her thorough sleuthing and interviewing of suspects, Peggy finally discovers the truth behind the death. This is another good "cozy" from author M.D. Lake.

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Summary: Peggy seems to have a log on her shoulder...
Review: The writing, and plot are, as always with MD Lake, quite good. In this novel, however, I was constantly jarred by the barbs thrown at the U and the professoriate. I found myself wondering if Lake is so disaffected with his former colleagues or if he lacks respect for the intelligence of the mystery reader. Given that Peggy is viciously attacked with a tree branch, and a character chokes on a carrot while chortling "What's Up Doc?" and that Lake writes this without any sense of irony or humor-fully expecting us to swallow it-I'm afraid it might be a bit of the former and a whole lot of the latter. I liked the earlier Peggy character and would like to see her come out of the shadow of whatever is troubling her (or her author) and become entertaining again.

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Summary: Peggy seems to have a log on her shoulder...
Review: These are fun books to read. I'm glad Peggy finally moved from "a large midwestern university with a river running through it" to Minnesota. That change allowed the inclusion of actual names of cities and other features. The featuring of Lake Superior's North Shore as the opening part of the book clearly puts the story in Minnesota. Peggy's character has expanded with each book. The inclusion of a few other recurring characters helps to move the story along although I'd like to see a few of the other characters such as Lawrence and Paula. Another good book in the series and keeps me looking forward to the next one. (I hope Peggy finds another romance soon. Gary and Al haven't been right for her.) As usual, the story is a good one and keeps the reader interested. Surprising ending, but keeping with some of his other books.

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Summary: Lake scores again
Review: These are fun books to read. I'm glad Peggy finally moved from "a large midwestern university with a river running through it" to Minnesota. That change allowed the inclusion of actual names of cities and other features. The featuring of Lake Superior's North Shore as the opening part of the book clearly puts the story in Minnesota. Peggy's character has expanded with each book. The inclusion of a few other recurring characters helps to move the story along although I'd like to see a few of the other characters such as Lawrence and Paula. Another good book in the series and keeps me looking forward to the next one. (I hope Peggy finds another romance soon. Gary and Al haven't been right for her.) As usual, the story is a good one and keeps the reader interested. Surprising ending, but keeping with some of his other books.