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Summary: A fascinating new character will win your heart.
Review: In this book, Margarte Moseley introduces a new sleuth, Honey Huckleberry (wasn't I worth a real name?). Our story starts when Honey gets a phone call from Steven with a quote from a favorite poem. Not being sure which Steven it is, she just responds with "Oh, Steven" and the caller rushes on to tell her that "the man is dead". Now she is sure it's no friend. Shocked, she says "This is Lydia, stop playing around" and hangs up. She makes a police report about the call and continues on with her life. She is a book publishers rep and is getting ready for her spring selling trip. Her first stop is at Pages, a mostly mystery bookshop, where she tells owner and friend, Janie, about her phone call. Janie gets caught up in her story and wants to investigate, to which Honey says OK,; she does so while Honey continues on her trip. 2 weeks later, en route home, Honey gets a call from "Steven", using her real name and when she realizes he knows her name and her itinerary, she realizes he is in her home. Frantically, she rushes out of the hotel and toward home. When she gets there, she finds a friend on the floor of her living room dying. It is one of her Stevens. The other two are in danger. Honey turns reluctant sleuth. Either very wierd or endearingly eccentric, this is a hard role for Honey to take on. She has lived by herself since the death of her parents, one day apart, 10 years ago. Since she still lives in their house, she just kept "living by their rules". She has few friends, and nobody is allowed into her house. She si very structured, having her itinerary fixed on a daily basis, even the clothes for her trips are prepackaged and labeled and waiting for her to pick up from the closet for each trip. It is fun watching her bloom, develope friendships and even find a touch of romance. The characters are real--and you find yourself caring about them after the story has ended. wanting to know them more. Though written in off-beat humor, there is a mystery to be solved.( Yours truely missed the clues.) Hurry, Miss Moseley, MORE HONEY, please.
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Summary: Margaret Moseley has a WINNER
Review: In this book, Margarte Moseley introduces a new sleuth, Honey Huckleberry (wasn't I worth a real name?). Our story starts when Honey gets a phone call from Steven with a quote from a favorite poem. Not being sure which Steven it is, she just responds with "Oh, Steven" and the caller rushes on to tell her that "the man is dead". Now she is sure it's no friend. Shocked, she says "This is Lydia, stop playing around" and hangs up. She makes a police report about the call and continues on with her life. She is a book publishers rep and is getting ready for her spring selling trip. Her first stop is at Pages, a mostly mystery bookshop, where she tells owner and friend, Janie, about her phone call. Janie gets caught up in her story and wants to investigate, to which Honey says OK,; she does so while Honey continues on her trip. 2 weeks later, en route home, Honey gets a call from "Steven", using her real name and when she realizes he knows her name and her itinerary, she realizes he is in her home. Frantically, she rushes out of the hotel and toward home. When she gets there, she finds a friend on the floor of her living room dying. It is one of her Stevens. The other two are in danger. Honey turns reluctant sleuth. Either very wierd or endearingly eccentric, this is a hard role for Honey to take on. She has lived by herself since the death of her parents, one day apart, 10 years ago. Since she still lives in their house, she just kept "living by their rules". She has few friends, and nobody is allowed into her house. She si very structured, having her itinerary fixed on a daily basis, even the clothes for her trips are prepackaged and labeled and waiting for her to pick up from the closet for each trip. It is fun watching her bloom, develope friendships and even find a touch of romance. The characters are real--and you find yourself caring about them after the story has ended. wanting to know them more. Though written in off-beat humor, there is a mystery to be solved.( Yours truely missed the clues.) Hurry, Miss Moseley, MORE HONEY, please.
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Summary: A fascinating new character will win your heart.
Review: Margaret Moseley has an amazing talent for creating truly unusual--and truly endearing--characters. Honey Huckleberry is like no one you've ever known, yet she's totally believable. I'd have loved this story just for the character, but the mystery is lively, interesting, and different. Come on over to Honey's house and meet this fascinating lady.
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Summary: Wow!
Review: Margaret Moseley will capture you with this new series! It is dark and suspenseful as well as delightful. How can you go wrong with a character named Honey Huckleberry? Honey lives alone in the house that her parents left to her after they died. She is left alone to make her own tight schedules and run her business. The close friends that she has all happen to be named Steven. One evening she answers her phone to hear that it is Steven, or is it? When Steven confesses to murder, Honey must find out what is happening in her world of "Stevens". Honey is an off-beat character who is full of intrigue. Thank you Miss Moseley for this wonderful series!
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Summary: A "Honey" of a Character!
Review: Margaret Moseley will capture you with this new series! It is dark and suspenseful as well as delightful. How can you go wrong with a character named Honey Huckleberry? Honey lives alone in the house that her parents left to her after they died. She is left alone to make her own tight schedules and run her business. The close friends that she has all happen to be named Steven. One evening she answers her phone to hear that it is Steven, or is it? When Steven confesses to murder, Honey must find out what is happening in her world of "Stevens". Honey is an off-beat character who is full of intrigue. Thank you Miss Moseley for this wonderful series!
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Summary: Like bonita fayre, this is an incredible storry
Review: Most people would consider Honey Huckleberry's lifestyle to be unusual. However,unusual changes to bizarre when she receives a call from someone named Steven, who uses an old shorthand code of hers, making her feel that this is her old high school buddy. That abruptly changes when the man begins talking about a murder victim that no one suspects was killed. Honey realizes that she should never have received this call and conveys that message to the person on the other end.As a book-selling representative, Honey travels a lot, but rushes home when she realizes the mysterious caller is inside her home. Once there, she finds her friend, a mechanic also named Steven dying from an assault. She receives a second call from the stranger, who swears he did not attack her friend. To her own surprise, Honey believes him. Still, she wonders how she became involved in this odd situation. For readers to learn the answer to Honey's question, they need to read this unusual but well written novel. Margaret Mosley, author of BONITA FAYE, is rightfully renowned for her brilliant and peerless story telling ability, which her current novel bears out as being true. Still, readers will either love or hate (no tepid opinions) THE FOURTH STEVEN and its protagonist, who will be considered to either have a hard drive error or just doing her own thing. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Another winner from Margaret Moseley
Review: Ms Moseley weaves a spell-binding tale of mystery and murder...from a mysterious Steven to a dead Steven. Her new character, Honey Huckleberry, is as richly woven into the fabric of this novel as Bonita Faye. I have to admit that I missed the clues to "who dunnit" -- which made the ending all that more exciting. Honey Huckleberry is an average person, with average shortcomings caught in an unusual and intriguing situation. I'd call Honey a reluctant detective who is goaded into action as much by her side-kick Janie as by the events happening in her own house. I can't wait to read the Honey Huckleberry mystery -- hurry up, Berkley PrimeCrime!!
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Summary: The Fourth Steven will make a mystery fan of anyone!
Review: Never having been particularly interested in mysteries, I began "The Fourth Steven" with few expectations. But Ms. Moseley's unique style and sense of humor soon had me enthralled. Her intricate and finely drawn characterization of Honey Huckleberry has given the mystery world a humorous and touching heroine. Her story is told in a compelling and unusual voice that instantly drew me in and kept me turning pages far into the night. Like peeling an onion, the author gives us ever deeper layers of Honey, leading us gently but inexorably to the heart of this fascinating character. I don't normally enjoy mystery series, but having met the characters in this venture, I must read the succesive books and revisit my new favorite heroine. I highly recommend this wonderful book to anyone, mystery fan or not.
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Summary: The Fourth Steven will make a mystery fan of anyone!
Review: Never having been particularly interested in mysteries, I began "The Fourth Steven" with few expectations. But Ms. Moseley's unique style and sense of humor soon had me enthralled. Her intricate and finely drawn characterization of Honey Huckleberry has given the mystery world a humorous and touching heroine. Her story is told in a compelling and unusual voice that instantly drew me in and kept me turning pages far into the night. Like peeling an onion, the author gives us ever deeper layers of Honey, leading us gently but inexorably to the heart of this fascinating character. I don't normally enjoy mystery series, but having met the characters in this venture, I must read the succesive books and revisit my new favorite heroine. I highly recommend this wonderful book to anyone, mystery fan or not.
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Summary: The Fourth Steven will make a mystery fan of anyone!
Review: Never having been particularly interested in mysteries, I began "The Fourth Steven" with few expectations. But Ms. Moseley's unique style and sense of humor soon had me enthralled. Her intricate and finely drawn characterization of Honey Huckleberry has given the mystery world a humorous and touching heroine. Her story is told in a compelling and unusual voice that instantly drew me in and kept me turning pages far into the night. Like peeling an onion, the author gives us ever deeper layers of Honey, leading us gently but inexorably to the heart of this fascinating character. I don't normally enjoy mystery series, but having met the characters in this venture, I must read the succesive books and revisit my new favorite heroine. I highly recommend this wonderful book to anyone, mystery fan or not.
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