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Summary: So..Who Killed Tiffany Jones?
Review: Does anybody have the answer, i know the contest is over by now. I was not pleased with this book at all.
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Summary: Horrible
Review: Don't read this book. Although you think it's going to be an intriguing mystery set in the African-American entertainment industry, it's really a clever ruse for two out-of-touch authors to create one of the most boring, slow-moving novels I've ever read. Don't worry about taking a sedative; just read this rubbish.
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Summary: A Trail of Murder
Review: Entertainment agent Kim Carlyle is flying high when one of her clients, internationally known singer Tiffany Jones, is on the comeback trail. Unfortunately, that comeback comes to a screeching halt one hot summer night in New York City. Instead of making a scheduled performance at the world famous Apollo Theatre. Tiffany Jones is making an appearance at the city morgue, with a toe tag as her most distinctive accessory. Tiffany's death sets the music world abuzz because something just does not seem quite right about her death. Kim believes her client has been murdered and is prepared to let the police handle the investigation. When another of her clients is murdered, she has to get involved, Kim is a former New York City police officer, so investigating crimes is like breathing to her. As Kim digs into her investigation, she uncovers a trail of dead bodies with an international connection. Who Killed Tiffany Jones is a suspense filled mystery that will keep readers on their toes. It also has a unique twist; instead of providing readers with the solutions to the crimes, the book provides the reader with the opportunity to solve the murders and the chance to win $10,000 if the reader comes up with the correct solution. If you had any doubts about reading this novel, cast them aside, reading Who Killed Tiffany Jones might pay off. Reviewed by Simone A. Hawks
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Summary: Fun mystery to try to solve
Review: The book started off strongly, with the introduction of possible suspects, and the murder of others. If you like who-done-it books, you may find this book interesting. However, towards the middle and end of the book, everything feels rushed, as if trying to fit all the information into a set number of pages. Character development declines, and characters you may have been interested in are eliminated. Trying to figure out the who did it and why, and how each character is interconnected to be solved as a contest is an intriguing idea, and it's a great gimmick for book sales. On the downside, the book is useless unless you eventually know what the real answer was and what the winner wrote. With enough searching, you can find out who won, but 2 years later, I still haven't found the correct answer (this requires you to have written for the request before the deadline). If anyone found the correct answer, please let the rest of us know.
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Summary: Who Done Done It?
Review: The buzz around the broadcast of Who Wants to be a Millionaire fostered a spinoff on Russian television called Who Would Like Dinner? Then there was ABC-TV's quasi game-show-as-moody-melodrama Push, Nevada, offering a cool million to viewers to figure out where the interactive series' missing cash is stashed, now cancelled and wrapped in legalities about the loot. But the real deal is Who Killed Tiffany Jones? (Amistad Books, New York City; ($$$$0/hardcover; 190 pages), written by the fictitious Mavis Kaye. The novel from the HarperCollins imprint rewards ($$$) to the reader who can part the mists surrounding 13 murders, three methods of smuggling diamonds and just who is Sally. With a March 1, 2003, deadline for entries, a rush to judgment could turn a double-edged sword into a triple-bladed saber, as each succeeding chapter slashes the guts out of certitudes derived from the one before. The months it may take to ponder and postulate, however, could easily drive even Elmore Leonard or Walter Mosley afficionados stone crazy. The challenge to armchair super-sleuths is made more difficult by the quality of the writing. The reader who isn't focused on copping the cash will probably drift into the clutches of a well-told story. Tiffany Jones, queen of a long-dead disco era, is making an unprecedented comeback, headlining a night at the Apollo alongside such heady company as Boyz II Men and Soul II Soul. She's introduced as "delightful, divine and delicious," fresh from a European tour and the Oprah show, as her 16-piece tuxedo-clad orchestra blares Satin Doll. But the diva doesn't deliver on the entrance; instead, she's found dead on the dressing-room floor, with the door locked from the inside and no other apparent signs of foul play. From Harlem to Amsterdam, Las Vegas, Dallas, Atlanta, over to Freetown, Sierra Leone and back to Warren, Ohio, the fast-paced plot unfolds and enshrouds itself simultaneously with such an intriguing itinerary that the reader runs the risk of being lulled into the plush recline of a train-window survey, unwilling to make distinctions among a rich panorama of hot-lead vistas and dead-end side streets. Word portraits of the world tour create a shifting ambiance: the pulsing decadence of the international club scene, the grim unfinished backroom of a Harlem storefront, the gothic decay of the New Orleans garden district. When the book turns to character development, however, the risk to the reader is frustration at the loss of quickly made acquaintances brought to life and killed off within a few pages. While some characters are thrown in to divert the journey down ambiguously blind alleys, others meet their grisly fates only after initially establishing themselves as the seemingly obvious manager of the mayhem. Halfway through the tome, readers are introduced to Mariana Blair, a 28-year-old London tabloid journalist, who starts putting pieces together and knows she is on to the biggest story of her career. "One that would lift her out of anonymity," she realizes, "and establish her reputation as an investigative reporter. Still, she wondered if she wasn't in over her head--if she shouldn't have gone to the police or shared the information she has uncovered with someone else at the paper." But Mariana has never trusted her editor and smells a European Union Press Award and a best-selling book. So she calls Kim Carlyle, Tiffany's manager and one-time New York City police officer, with her hunches, and goes off to a club to track down more actors for the drama. (When Carlyle rings up an old confidant, still on the force, to compare notes, he muses, "What do we have here? A plot to kill off black artists and return pop music to white folks?") Along with the mystery, the heavy action also entails drug trafficking, gun running and diamond smuggling, plus knocking off a member of Congress and taking on the mob. Credit for the conception of Who Killed Tiffany Jones? goes to Bill Adler, whose 1983 mystery Who Killed the Robins Family?(William Morrow & Co.) posed readers with a similar $10,000 solution and made the best-seller lists for 33 weeks. When he approached former <I>New York Times Book Review<I> editor Mel Watkins to create a structure and story line for a similar genre entry with an international setting which included African-American settings, the result hit the charts with a bullet. The solve-the-crime challenge is open to all legal residents of the United States, age 21 or older, except those living in Maryland, North Dakota, New Jersey, Tennessee and Vermont. Rules are printed in the book. For those who, even after several readings, despair of ever figuring it out, take heart. Correctness counts only 60 percent in determining the winner. Creativity can pile up 20 percent of the score. And there's always that 5 percent for neatness.
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Summary: Who Killed Tiffany Jones
Review: This story started out strong and went rapidly downhill. The plot became confusing, disjointed and left no plausible way for the reader to come to an ending. I do not recommend this book.
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Summary: An Exciting, Interactive Mystery Novel
Review: Tiffany Jones is a former disco diva who fell from grace in the '80s. She is well on her way to making a comeback when she is found dead in her dressing room after missing her curtain call at the Apollo Theater. Although the circumstances surrounding her death do not seem out of the ordinary, Tiffany's manager Kim Carlyle is not so sure. Tiffany's demise sets off a series of strange occurrences, and as the story evolves, WHO KILLED TIFFANY JONES? becomes one of several questions needing an answer in this interactive mystery novel. A Techno-geek like myself would also enjoy interacting with the book, a web site, and maybe other readers, tracking my progress with an online log of some sort. WHO KILLED TIFFANY JONES? could easily spark a movement of more interactivity in the mystery genre.Reviewed by Elisa Kai Smith
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Summary: The $10,000 answer is.....
Review: Tiffany Jones was to be the headliner in the show at the Apollo Theater. When the emcee called her name, no one appeared. Someone comes out and whispers in his ear and the lights come on and the show is over. Tiffany Jones is in her dressing room and she is dead. No one knows what happened. This book combines diamond smuggling and the entertainment industry. Tiffany's manager, Kim, is searching for answers and one of the victims, posthumously, has supplied her with information as to who could be the killer. You, the reader, must put the pieces of the puzzle in place and find the murderer. Enter the contest and with the right guess, you will be [money] richer. Jeanette
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Summary: Who Killed Tiffany Jones & Others?
Review: Trying to solve the mystery started off being an exciting idea --until I got to Chapter 5 & other killings - I was bafffled!! This book kept me entertained & intrigued, but also confused, which I guess a mystery is suppose to accomplish. It was a great promotional idea, which I hope other readers participated in the contest. Anxiously, awaiting to see who really "Killed Tiffany Jones" & Company.
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Summary: Who Killed Tiffany Jones
Review: Trying to solve the mystery started off being an exciting idea --until I got to Chapter 5 & other killings - I was bafffled!! This book kept me entertained & intrigued, but also confused, which I guess a mystery is suppose to accomplish. It was a great promotional idea, which I hope other readers participated in the contest. Anxiously, awaiting to see who really "Killed Tiffany Jones" & Company.
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