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Death Club
Author: Claire McNab
Binding: Paperback
Published: 27 April, 2001
ISBN: 1562802674
$11.95
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Death Club
by: Claire McNab
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Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 2.8 / 5.0 
Keeps the reader guessing until the very end of the story: 
A native Aussie, Claire McNab, now living in Los Angeles, is the author of thirteen Detective Inspector Carol Ashton mysteries and two Denise Cleever mysteries, Murder Undercover and Death Understood. Her next Denise Cleever mystery is due out in the fall of 2001 and is entitled Out Of Sight. Claire McNab presently teaches fiction writing in the UCLA Extension program in Writing.
As its title implies, Death Club, the latest mystery featuring Carol Ashton as lead crime fighter, is set at the Whitlew... more info
Time to bury this body...: 
Detective Inspector Carol Ashton is a protaganist who has outlived her plot. This story's ending was so abrupt and illogical, it left this reader feeling disappointed and betrayed.
And speaking of betrayal, ever since Carol parted ways with her better half, Sybil, several episodes ago, this series has been heading down hill. It would be merciful if McNab would wrap up this project and put it to rest. That would leave her more time to develop her other series starring Denise Cleever who, unlike Carol,... more info
Same Old Same Old: 
I gave this book two stars because it's Clair McNab whose prose is beautiful and dialog crisp and believable. Her books are easy to read. Yes, Clair McNab can write. I just wish she would. Solving the mystery relied on interviewing one lying suspect after another until Carol solves the murder through grinding police work. I will admit to being kept guessing until the end as to the identity of the murderer. And I was thankful that we were not subjected another scene of Carol blundering into the perpetrator... more info
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