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Mum's the Word
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Manufacturer: Crimeline
Author: Dorothy Cannell
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Mum's the Word Description
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780553286861
ISBN: 0553286862
Label: Crimeline
Manufacturer: Crimeline
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 272
Publication Date: 1991-07-01
Publisher: Crimeline
Product Release Date: 1991-07-01
Studio: Crimeline
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780553286861
ISBN: 0553286862
Label: Crimeline
Manufacturer: Crimeline
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 272
Publication Date: 1991-07-01
Publisher: Crimeline
Product Release Date: 1991-07-01
Studio: Crimeline
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Customer Reviews of Mum's the Word
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: It was Mum's the Word for me!
Review: I have read most of Dorothy Cannell's books, and have loved most of them, but I have to say, this one could have been written in Greek. I didn't understand it at all. I kept reading hoping it would spring to life for me. But, I have to admit I finally put it down and gave up. I read A LOT of books and put down very few, but this one I just could not follow. Sorry Dorothy.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Disappointing!
Review: After The Thin Woman, I had expected more from this novel. Rather than the crisp prose that I anticipated, the writing in this one meanders from scene to scene without much advancing the plot. It was just difficult to maintain interest in a work that I found more tedious than engrossing. I didn't find much to recommend it.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Absolutely Adored It!
Review: Oh to have Ellie's wit and narrative powers! Dorothy Cannell does a superb job with another Ellie Haskell mystery, this one every bit as fun as the ones before, if not more! It was delicious having Ellie visit the States and reading her reactions to its vastness and people. The clever little plot was devious and interesting, a mystery revolving around the expose of a famous actress in best-seller Monster Mommy. More delightful characters! I don't know how Mrs. Cannell does it, but her creations are an ongoing pleasure! I mean, here's a sample of who you'll meet (they're all contestants for some cookery Mange): Kid Prodigy named Bingo and his fashion-less mother, French countess and magician husband, goodhearted cooking witch who makes love potions, and a nice, warm housewife with a broody and paranoid husband. Then there are noncontestants, such as Valicia X, and the infamous, scandalous Theola Faith, and wretched daughter Mary. Then you've got the setting of a Gothic atrocity used in a movie called Melancholy Mansion (which, yes, had starred Theola Faith) and a narrow-minded town called Mud Creek with more eccentric characters, including a Diethologic reverend. This mystery is cunningly appropriate for a pregnant woman (Ellie) and is a successful farce. Do read it!
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Not as good as The Thin Woman
Review: I loved the Thin Woman, and was excited to read this book, but never bothered finishing. I found Ellie irritating, not someone I liked very much. I read about 50 pages, and hadn't laughed once.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Disappointing
Review: Ellie Haskell is back and pregnant. All she wants to do is stay in bed, eat and be pampered but a warning of danger gives her the push to go to America with her husband Bentley T. Haskell. Bentley wants to become a member of a select group of chefs along with several other unusual candidates. The selection of the one new member of the food society, takes place in a rural area in a strange house on an island. To make matters worse, the house is occupied by a woman who has written a bestseller book about her aging actress mother entitled Monster Mommie. And who shows up? None other than Monster Mommie herself.
Review Summary: It was Mum's the Word for me!
Review: I have read most of Dorothy Cannell's books, and have loved most of them, but I have to say, this one could have been written in Greek. I didn't understand it at all. I kept reading hoping it would spring to life for me. But, I have to admit I finally put it down and gave up. I read A LOT of books and put down very few, but this one I just could not follow. Sorry Dorothy.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Disappointing!
Review: After The Thin Woman, I had expected more from this novel. Rather than the crisp prose that I anticipated, the writing in this one meanders from scene to scene without much advancing the plot. It was just difficult to maintain interest in a work that I found more tedious than engrossing. I didn't find much to recommend it.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Absolutely Adored It!
Review: Oh to have Ellie's wit and narrative powers! Dorothy Cannell does a superb job with another Ellie Haskell mystery, this one every bit as fun as the ones before, if not more! It was delicious having Ellie visit the States and reading her reactions to its vastness and people. The clever little plot was devious and interesting, a mystery revolving around the expose of a famous actress in best-seller Monster Mommy. More delightful characters! I don't know how Mrs. Cannell does it, but her creations are an ongoing pleasure! I mean, here's a sample of who you'll meet (they're all contestants for some cookery Mange): Kid Prodigy named Bingo and his fashion-less mother, French countess and magician husband, goodhearted cooking witch who makes love potions, and a nice, warm housewife with a broody and paranoid husband. Then there are noncontestants, such as Valicia X, and the infamous, scandalous Theola Faith, and wretched daughter Mary. Then you've got the setting of a Gothic atrocity used in a movie called Melancholy Mansion (which, yes, had starred Theola Faith) and a narrow-minded town called Mud Creek with more eccentric characters, including a Diethologic reverend. This mystery is cunningly appropriate for a pregnant woman (Ellie) and is a successful farce. Do read it!
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Not as good as The Thin Woman
Review: I loved the Thin Woman, and was excited to read this book, but never bothered finishing. I found Ellie irritating, not someone I liked very much. I read about 50 pages, and hadn't laughed once.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Disappointing
Review: Ellie Haskell is back and pregnant. All she wants to do is stay in bed, eat and be pampered but a warning of danger gives her the push to go to America with her husband Bentley T. Haskell. Bentley wants to become a member of a select group of chefs along with several other unusual candidates. The selection of the one new member of the food society, takes place in a rural area in a strange house on an island. To make matters worse, the house is occupied by a woman who has written a bestseller book about her aging actress mother entitled Monster Mommie. And who shows up? None other than Monster Mommie herself.
Ellie is still an interesting character and the book does have some funny parts, but it was not nearly as good a read as the Thin Woman. I felt that the book had a lot of potential but failed to live up to it. I would not recommend Mum's the Word unless you are a die hard Ellie fan.