BEWARE OF BOUQUET

Rating:
Summary: A perfume to die for..
Review: "Beware of the Bouquet" was Joan Aiken's third adult novel, and the first good one out of that. The story follows Martha Gilroy, a coywriter for an ad agency who is still smarming from her husband abandoning her seven years before. Her boss gets a new client, a chemical company going upscale with a new, almsot irresistable perfume. Martha is in charge of shooting ads with the daughter-in-law of the CEO of the perfume company. Soon, Martha gets involved in a baby kidnapping when she discovers an up-ended carriage when she gets lost while driving. With great humor, we are taken on a ride as Martha tries to figure out who and why a baby was kidnapped. The villian here is quite obvious, but the way Martha figures things out is amusing, and there is a great scene where she throws a hot soup canister at a bad guy.

Rating:
Summary: A perfume to die for..
Review: "Beware of the Bouquet" was Joan Aiken's third adult novel, and the first good one out of that. The story follows Martha Gilroy, a coywriter for an ad agency who is still smarming from her husband abandoning her seven years before. Her boss gets a new client, a chemical company going upscale with a new, almsot irresistable perfume. Martha is in charge of shooting ads with the daughter-in-law of the CEO of the perfume company. Soon, Martha gets involved in a baby kidnapping when she discovers an up-ended carriage when she gets lost while driving. With great humor, we are taken on a ride as Martha tries to figure out who and why a baby was kidnapped. The villian here is quite obvious, but the way Martha figures things out is amusing, and there is a great scene where she throws a hot soup canister at a bad guy.

Rating:
Summary: A perfume to die for
Review: Martha, the heroine of this very entertaining Gothic thriller, works for an advertising agency, who are in Cornwall making a series of commercials for a wonderful new perfume, Avalon. They are also making commercials for Picnic Soup (the cans of soup are self-heating, but they are stuck with a defective batch, the cans explode when warmed). Martha finds herself being stalked by someone who wants something from her, but she doesn't know what. She aslo ends up having to care for a kidnapped baby, and gest involved with a very strange religious order. Interesting characters, lively dialogue, and an exciting story make this book a pleasure to read. The scene where the heroine fends off the villains with cans of exploding soup is hilarious, and there are many other funny scenes. One of the best of joan Aiken's adult novels.

Rating:
Summary: A perfume to die for
Review: Martha, the heroine of this very entertaining Gothic thriller, works for an advertising agency, who are in Cornwall making a series of commercials for a wonderful new perfume, Avalon. They are also making commercials for Picnic Soup (the cans of soup are self-heating, but they are stuck with a defective batch, the cans explode when warmed). Martha finds herself being stalked by someone who wants something from her, but she doesn't know what. She aslo ends up having to care for a kidnapped baby, and gest involved with a very strange religious order. Interesting characters, lively dialogue, and an exciting story make this book a pleasure to read. The scene where the heroine fends off the villains with cans of exploding soup is hilarious, and there are many other funny scenes. One of the best of joan Aiken's adult novels.