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Laughed 'Til He Died

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A South Carolina bookstore owner and her husband probe a series of murders tied to their island's youth center in this lively mystery.
Intrigue and foul play are no strangers to the idyllic South Carolina sea island of Broward's Rock. Mystery bookstore owner Annie Darling and her husband, Max, who specialize in solving problems, plunge into a startling web of danger and deceit when a trio of deaths is linked to the island's youth recreation center.
With the evidence mounting against her, the center's director seeks out Max to clear her name. When it comes to intrigue, where Max goes, Annie isn't far behind. To save an innocent woman, the pair scrambles to unravel three complex interlinked puzzles: the mystery of three guns, the pulled-out pant pockets of one victim, and the disappearance of a teenager whose stepfather always had the last laugh . . . until he died.
Praise for Laughed 'Til He Died
"Well-developed characters and a complex, fast-moving plot make for a satisfying read." —Publishers Weekly
"Hart excels at showing her sleuths at work—drawing up lists of clues, for example—and she keeps readers involved in the ongoing search for justice." —Booklist
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    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 1, 2010
      In Anthony-winner Hart's lively 20th Death on Demand mystery (after 2009's Dare to Die
      ), more than one death in Broward's Rock, S.C., engages Annie Darling and her husband, Max. First, Click Silvester, a black teenager who hung out at the Haven, a teen activity center, apparently falls to his death from a wooden viewing platform in the woods. Later, someone shoots obnoxious Haven board member Booth Wagner on stage during an outdoor evening benefit for the center. Many had motives for killing Booth, including his stepson, Tim Talbot, who feared and hated him; his wife, Neva, who's curiously unmoved by his death; his former mistress, Jean Hughes, who was terrified of being fired as the Haven's director and becomes police chief Billy Cameron's prime suspect. A group of local ladies, led by mystery writer Emma Clyde, assist Annie and Max in the hunt for the real killer. Well-developed characters and a complex, fast-moving plot make for a satisfying read.

    • Library Journal

      September 15, 2011
      Annie and Max Darling are right in the middle of the action when Jean, the director of the island's youth center, appears to be the epicenter of three murders. The Darlings are certain that the evidence is both circumstantial and coincidental, but Jean has an excellent motive for one of the murders. Were the others merely collateral damage, as the police suggest? It's a complicated investigation, and narrator Kate Reading is put through her paces having to voice a variety of Southern and Northern accents, male and female, and an endless variety of ages. Reading has narrated the entire series and is comfortable with the characters, particularly with the cast who hang out in Murder on Demand. The well-plotted story makes up for the whining of some of the "guest" players.—Jodi L. Israel, MLS, Birmingham, AL

      Copyright 2011 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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