Goddess Affair

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CRUISING WITH A KILLER

Fellow vacationers aboard the cruise ship Dante Aligheri agree that the rich Aldrich sisters are not without their flaws. Clever Diana is not quite clever enough. Poor Juno is drab and overweight. Minerva has beauty and brains but seems terribly ill.

And one of them will soon die an ugly death.

Private Investigator Gwenn Ramadge is lured in to investigate the tragedy and soon finds herself caught up in a shipboard full of greed, despair and mayhem.

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What Lillian O'Donnell does so well here is what she has always done in her various series: she creates a recognizable lead character--New York private detective Gwen Ramadge--who gets to live the adventures we wish we had the time and courage to live. In this outing, Gwen is trying to nab a jewel thief on a cruise ship when the murder of a famous fashion designer takes precedence. Wit, craft and human values combine to give the book an afterlife. Other O'Donnells available in paperback include Lockout, The Raggedy Man, and Used to Kill.

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Customer Reviews

Excellent Mystery!
The Goddess Affair is an excellent mystery that occurs on a cruise ship and involves three sisters named Minerva, Juno & Diana. This mystery kept me hopping trying to figure it out. I was definitely wrong about the murderer. The 3 sisters are involved in clothing design. Minerva is dying of cancer so the sisters think this cruise would be a good idea. Or do they really believe that?

2003-07-19 | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 4

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The Phone Calls

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Three lovely young widows are terrified by a series of obscene telephone calls. They escalate into death threats and the threats into murder. Norah Mulcahaney, rookie policewoman, presents herself as bait to attract the killer.

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Customer Reviews

Boring
Another book I would never have read, were it not required for class. The story itself was boring, but the most bothersome part of the novel is that the author never stuck to a single narrator.

Normally, that would not annoy me; however, in this instance, she would utilize more than one person on the page, without any forewarning. This often threw me out of the story, which I already found lacking.

2008-04-12 (Earth) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 2

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A gripping, exciting suspense novel
This mystery is hard to put down and keeps you guessing to the last page. Even those who do not generally prefer mystries would enjoy it. Highly recommended.

2003-08-21 | marialuisa16 (D.C.) | Helpful Votes: 5 | Rating: 5

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A great mystery
This novel should please any mystery fan. The plot is suspensful and the characters are real. And do not peek at the ending.

2003-08-08 | marialuisa16 (D.C.) | Helpful Votes: 4 | Rating: 5

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Blue Death

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At forty-one, Norah Mulcahaney's star is on the rise: She's passed the rigorous NYPD's captain's exam, and she's also succeeded in adopting a baby boy. But, her happiness is shattered when, within a month's time, four of her fellow officers commit suicide, each man found dead of a wound inflicted by his own service revolver. When Norah's longtime mentor, Chief James Felix, asks her to pay a visit to one of the grieving widows, Norah finds herself immersed in a controversial case that hits way too close to home. Chief Felix very nearly becomes the fifth victim, compelling Norah to prove the deaths are murder, not suicide. It's a race against time--before another of New York City's finest is laid to rest forever. With a plot that will keep O'Donnell's fans guessing, Blue Death is a gripping addition to the Norah Mulcahaney series.

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Customer Reviews

Doesn't add up
The author attempts, like most in this time, for a far-out metaphorical premise that can somehow tie the whole thing together into movie rights, eventually; yet, despite all this planning,and the daily life resemblances of its characters, it is very predictable in that there's a hidden catch which literally divides the book in two -- once you know one detail of backstory, the entire thing comes together like a four-piece jigsaw puzzle and the rest is reading to fill. I wouldn't bother.

2006-07-10 | Chris Blanc (Houston, TX) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 2

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A fast-read and will keep you guessing till the end whodidit
This was a very good book. You never knew who the killer was until the very end. Ms. O'Donnell kept you on the edge of your seat the whole story.

1999-01-16 | Helpful Votes: 5 | Rating: 4

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Falling Star

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Pushover

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New York police officer Norah Mulcahaney uses all of her wits to solve the murder of an aged movie star and the subway death of a young woman. By the author of A Private Crime. Reprint. NYT.

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Customer Reviews

Thriller, page turner, and intense.
Lillian O'Donnell puts you into an amazingly real New York setting. Once you start reading, you feel as if you have to keep reading to see who kidnapped the boy and why the guy is stalking women in subway stations and when the detectives are gonna crack the case. If you like stories having to do with murder and ransom and so forth, read this book.

2000-03-25 | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 5

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Raggedy Man (Norah Mulcahaney)

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A MURDER OF CONVENIENCE

Manhattan P.I. Gwenn Ramadge knows how it feels to be down and out. So when her boyfriend, an NYPD detective, asks her to help a disgraced colleague, Gwen gladly obliges. Rookie undercover narcotics detective Jayne Harrow was framed in a phony drug bust. But her real crime was threatening to turn in a rogue cop who murdered a small-time drug dealer known as the Raggedy Man. Now Gwenn sets out to examine the case.

But Jayne is soon found asphyxiated in her car, officially a suicide. Although Gwenn is certain Jayne was murdered, proving it won't be easy--not with corrupt cops out for the kill. Luckily, Gwenn has a few good tricks up her sleeve, if only she doesn't wind up like Jayne . . . and the Raggedy Man.

"Gwenn Ramadge is good at her job. She's thorough, smart, and cool-headed. . . . Lillian O'Donnell can write about real life and real people better than almost anyone in this genre."
--Mostly Murder

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