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| Princess Charming | 
 enlarge | Author: Jane Heller
Publisher: Kensington
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (19 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2204826
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 295
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.7 x 1.3
ISBN: 1575661489
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781575661483
ASIN: 1575661489
Publication Date: April 1, 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Talked into a Caribbean cruise by her best friends, feisty P.R. executive and divorcee Elaine Zimmerman finds herself falling for gorgeous fellow passenger Sam Peck, but her vacation takes an unexpected turn when she discovers that a mysterious hit man, hired to kill someone's ex-wife, is on the ship. 50,000 first printing.
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 Hilarious but murderous cruise April 11, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Elaine and her two friends Jackie and Pat take an annual divorcee's trip, and this year they are going on a luxury cruise. Elaine's luggage is lost and she is forced to don tacky cruise wear and sequined gowns (and the descriptions of these outfits are hysterical). When Elaine overhears a plot to murder a divorcee, she makes the leap to think it's one of her pals who's been targeted, particularly when Jackie becomes suddenly ill and Pat takes a mysterious fall down the stairs. Elaine wades through clues to find not only the culprit behind the plot, but his intended victim, and make no mistake - everyone from the geriatric couple and honeymooners to sexy tablemate Sam are suspects. Sam's presence makes Elaine wonder if swearing off relationships wasn't too hasty a decision.
Add equal parts "Dial M for Murder," "Love Boat," and "Murder She Wrote," then toss in every cruise ship caricature imaginable, and you have Heller's hysterical plot. While the story starts out slow, once the action and sleuthing begin on the high seas, hilarity ensues. Heller's grasp of irony and witty bantering is unsurpassed. My only complaint - Pat's constant mispronunciations - it was funny the first twelve times, but quickly became annoying.
 Fun reading ... January 15, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
But while it's fun, it is predictable ~~ and like another reviewer in this book, I did skip to the end to find out just what ex-wife was the target of her ex-husband's killing wish. The first five chapters were way drawn out ... and don't get me wrong, I enjoy reading Heller's books as she has a knack of making me laugh, but this one is not a best-seller by any means. All it did was convince me not to go on a cruise for another year. (Just kidding!)
It is your typical chick flick reading. It's fun, sassy and cute. It's about three Blond Mice, AKA Jackie, Pat and Elaine, who go on annual vacations together since their ex-husbands left them. Jackie is the typical man-hungry woman who wants nothing more than to flirt with every male. Pat is the housewife who still pines away for her ex. Elaine is the typical businesswoman with no desire to ever pursue the romantic path again. This year, they decided to go on a cruise. Elaine loses her luggage so was forced to wear the glitzy gift shop wardrobe till her more elegant clothes are on board. (Now, that is funny, hearing the descriptions of the glitzy clothes ...) Elaine also happens to overhear two men talking about murdering a man's ex-wife. Panic ensues. Well, sorta. It was hard to get worked up over it since this book wasn't going anywhere fast.
All ends well ~~ of course ~~ and everyone finds love again.
If you're looking for a quick read that is brainless, pick this one up. It is relaxing and will carry you through ~~ even through the slow moving parts. If you're not, forget picking this one up. There are way too many more interesting books out there to wade through!
1-14-07
Mystery Boat November 28, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Elaine, Pat, and Jackie are best friends that take a vacation with eachother every year since they met getting divorced. This year they decide to go on a cruise on the Princess Charming. Everything seems nice and normal at first, but then mysterious things start to happen.
First Elaine overhears a conversation from the boat trying to convince someone on land to let him not kill the mans ex-wife, then a note appears in Jackies state room saying that one of the three of the women would die. Then Jackie gets sick and Pat gets injured while on the ship. With the help of Elaines new boyfriend that she met on the cruise she investigates these occurences and is able in the nick of time to crack the case before one of the three of them is dead.
Great Book
lighthearted romantic cruise mystery July 27, 2005
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The three forty-something friends with no men in their lives, Elaine Zimmerman, Pat Kovecky and Jackie Gault, have gone on several vacations together. Pat and Jackie decide that their trip ought to be a Caribbean cruise on The Princess Charming. Reluctantly the third amigo agrees though the sailing makes her nervous.
The trek starts off poorly for Elaine when she loses her luggage; she replaces her missing clothing by buying from the boutique sequined gowns that she must wear at all times. Elaine panics when she overhears someone planning to murder one of her buddies. She wonders which of the people at their table the killer is. She makes inquires hoping that is not Sam Peck, who she likes, but how could it be the elderly couple too busy having sex to kill anyone or the stockbroker and his wife too busy shopping and avoiding sex to kill anyone.
Though the three female buddies are overly stereotyped, readers will enjoy this fine amateur sleuth romance due ironically because of the likable trio. Elaine is the prime star cruising for clues on who and why someone she dines with wants to kill one of her friends even as she wonders if a major suspect is at long last the love she has waited for over four decades to meet. Jane Heller writes a lighthearted romantic cruise mystery that is fun to read.
Harriet Klausner
 Carried on too long July 7, 2005
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Will the story never end? Dragging out the suspense didn't make this any better.
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