Die for Love: A Jacqueline Kirby Novel of Suspense
3.5/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
The annual Historical Romance Writers of the World convention in New York City is calling to Jacqueline Kirby, a Nebraska librarian who desperately desires some excitement. But all is not love and kisses at this august gathering of starry-eyed eccentrics and sentimental scribes. As far as Jacqueline is concerned, the sudden "natural" death of a gossip columnist seems anything but. And when she's approached by a popular genre star who fears for her own life, the resourceful Ms. Kirby quickly goes back to work...as a sleuth. Because there's a sinister scenario being penned at this purple prose congregation. And when jealousy and passion are given free rein beyond the boundaries of the printed page, the result can be murder.
Elizabeth Peters
Elizabeth Peters earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago’s famed Oriental Institute. During her fifty-year career, she wrote more than seventy novels and three nonfiction books on Egypt. She received numerous writing awards and, in 2012, was given the first Amelia Peabody Award, created in her honor. She died in 2013, leaving a partially completed manuscript of The Painted Queen.
Read more from Elizabeth Peters
The Jackal's Head Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChristmas Stalkings: Tales of Yuletide Murder Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Copenhagen Connection Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Love Talker Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Night of Four Hundred Rabbits Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Locked Tomb Mystery: and Other Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Smoke and Mirrors Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related to Die for Love
Related ebooks
Paper Chase Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Gold Pawn Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Dead Can Tell Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsToll the Bell for Murder Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Death of a Mystery Writer: A Murder Mystery (Of Course) Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Alington Inheritance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSilhouette in Scarlet: A Vicky Bliss Novel of Suspense Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hand That Feeds You Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAt the Villa Rose Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeath by Sheer Torture Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Corpse in a Gilded Cage Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Heat Wave: A Paradise Cafe Mystery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCorpse at the Carnival Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Fire Within Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlood on the Bones: Rafferty & Llewellyn British Mysteries, #9 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Blood Brotherhood Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Distant Clue Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Stranger in the Family: A Novel of Suspense Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A Pinch of Poison Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Return of Mr. Campion Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEvans Above: A Mystery Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Voyage into Violence Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Never Pick Up Hitch-Hikers! Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blotto, Twinks and the Ex-King's Daughter Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Death in a Cold Climate Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Murder Keeps a Secret Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Crime Club Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPast Tense: A Sloan and Crosby Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Mystery For You
The Last Flight: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Complete Short Stories Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Stories of Ray Bradbury Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pretty Girls: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hallowe'en Party: Inspiration for the 20th Century Studios Major Motion Picture A Haunting in Venice Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5None of This Is True: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Paris Apartment: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Murder Under a Red Moon: A 1920s Bangalore Mystery Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Big Sleep Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5False Witness: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hunting Party: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Good Daughter: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pieces of Her: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Pale Blue Eye: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summit Lake Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dark Side: A Collection of Mysteries & Thrillers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Did I Kill You?: A Thriller Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone: A Murdery Mystery Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Life We Bury Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Finlay Donovan Is Killing It: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Pharmacist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The ABC Murders: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jack Reacher: A Mysterious Profile Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5All the Devils Are Here: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Devil in a Blue Dress (30th Anniversary Edition): An Easy Rawlins Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Die for Love
153 ratings9 reviews
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A fun read.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I admit, this one makes me giggle. I like romances and this plays with the genre's worst tropes. I love how Jacqueline's romance story changes as she goes through the convention's seminars. The mystery heads the way I expected, but it was fun getting there. All the clues are there; for once I guessed right. If you like cozy mysteries, you might like this. If you like cozies and have flirted with the romance genres (and aren't too serious about them), I think you'll love it.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Published in 1984. Not a sterling entry in the Jacqueline Kirby series. Peters is going for satire, I think, but it falls flat.(book description from Amazon) The annual Historical Romance Writers of the World convention in New York City is calling to Jacqueline Kirby, a Nebraska librarian who desperately desires some excitement. But all is not love and kisses at this august gathering of starry-eyed eccentrics and sentimental scribes. As far as Jacqueline is concerned, the sudden "natural" death of a gossip columnist seems anything but. And when she's approached by a popular genre star who fears for her own life, the resourceful Ms. Kirby quickly goes back to work...as a sleuth. Because there's a sinister scenario being penned at this purple prose congregation.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This was an entertaining audiobook. I had read the print book many years ago. Librarian Jacqueline Kirby is great character. She drinks and smokes and is an independent woman who is intelligent and determined. Looking for an inexpensive vacation from Nebraska, she decides to visit the annual Historical Romance Writers of the World convention in New York City. To get ready, she reads a couple of historical romances on the plane.When she arrives, she finds quite a variety of characters. There is the greedy agent whose Southern accent comes and goes, a variety of authors who are under her control, a gossip columnist who wants to expose the greedy agent's dirty tricks, and a variety of fan clubs who are a bit fanatical.When the gossip columnist dies at an evening wine party, Jacqueline is convinced that she was murdered though she can't quite recall how she got the wine glass the likely held the poison that killed her. The police, however, are certain that the gossip columnist's heart disease was the culprit.As Jacqueline investigates, she learns lots of secrets about the people at the convention including that an old college classmate is now one of Aunt Hattie's authors and hiding it for fear of not being granted tenure as an English professor. Another old classmate is leading the protests against the convention since she's a devoted women's libber who thinks the books are harming women. I loved the description of the various activities at the convention and the various characters who were attending it. So much pink! And so many hearts! I loved that Jacqueline decided to write her own historical romance while attending the convention. This was a fun story with a great main character and lots of interesting side characters too.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5As a mystery it was okay, with some interesting moments, and lots of quirky characters. But I was never sure that the satire on the romance industry was entirely intended through-out, much of the time it seemed that the regular bits of the mystery story and those characters were falling into many of the same tropes that were being winked at in the romance genre.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The indomitable Jacqueline Kirby returns for her third brush with murder in this volume. Unable to stand the pastoral peace of Coldwater College any longer she decides to attend a writers' conference in New York; a ROMANCE writers' conference. She soon learns that not all is hearts and roses in the mines of love. Valerie Valentine, the Queen of Love (as dubbed by her agent), seems haunted. Laurie, the disturbed, but devoted fan, is stoned out of her gourd on devotion and drugs. Valerie Vanderbilt, aka, Jean the literature teacher, is hiding her romantic side from the tenure board. Then Dubretta, the poison penned columnist, is murdered. Everyone has a secret and one of them led to murder. Can Jacqueline discover the truth under the facade of flower petals and paper hearts?
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jacqueline is a amusing as ever. In fact, as a character, she is the best part of this book. The mystery is just so-so and I'm not so fond of the 'summing up' scene that ends this farcical romp. Entertaining.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Set in the midst of a conference for romance writers, this mystery features my favorite Peters character Jacqueline Kirby, a librarian from Coldwater College of undetermined age. Eager to escape the rain in Nebraska, Kirby sets off for NYC to attend the Historical Romance Writers of the World conference because she thinks she can write off the cost as business deduction on her tax return(!). Sandwiched in between the clues of the exciting mystery plot are magnificent tongue-in-cheek looks at bodice-rippers and the industry that produces them. The satirical tone and Kirby's dry wit will have you laughing your way through the novel. At then end, you too may be inspired to try your hands at writing a romance novel- after all, if Kirby can write and sell a novel while solving the murder, why can't you?
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Excellent mystery about a librarian/sleuth.