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MURDER CAN RUN YOUR STOCKINGS
by Selma Eichler
Signet, February 2006
272 pages
$6.99
ISBN: 0451217810


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During a flight back from Minneapolis, Minnesota, nervous flier Desiree Shapiro strikes up a conversation with the man in the next seat, not knowing that she is about to sign a new client for her private investigating practice.

Attorney Ben Berlin is on his way to bury his favorite aunt who died after falling down a flight of stairs. Ben believes that his aunt was a victim of foul play, but he just can't prove it. There was something about the way Aunt Bessie died that did not sit right with Ben, and after sharing it with Desiree she thinks that he might be on to something. She decides to start her own investigation after he makes the request.

Throughout the course of her research, Desiree learns that Ben might have been the only one who ever loved Aunt Bessie. There were a bunch of people in her life who hated the old lady -- among them a disgruntled dry cleaner, her future non-Jewish daughter-in-law, her own cousin in her 70s and a real estate buyer interested in a beach property Bessie owned.

Most of them are not happy to talk to Desiree but they reluctantly agree, confusing Desiree as to whether the death was an accident or a murder. It is not until one of the characters inadvertently provides her with a clue that the case breaks wide open. Astute readers may be able to catch it, but me, I'm just an idiot. The only thing I did not like was that there was no 'a-ha' moment when there is a confrontation. It does not give a clear picture as to how everything will turn out in the end.

MURDER CAN RUN YOUR STOCKINGS is a novel that can mostly be appreciated by readers of this long-running series rather than by newcomers. Desiree is an outspoken woman who often says in her first-person narrative whatever is on her head including the inane, such as how she cried watching SHREK. This book focuses more on her personal life than on the case in hand.

I was not lost even though this was my first Desiree Shapiro novel. Still I would have preferred that the story would have been stronger regarding the case at hand rather than her love life. There were some loose ends that did not sit quite right with me. Still, after all is said and done, this cozy novel is just what it is -- cozy. Fans of the genre will not be disappointed with this book.

Reviewed by Angel L. Soto, February 2006

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