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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780892966424
ISBN: 0892966424
Label: Mysterious Pr
Manufacturer: Mysterious Pr
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 227
Publication Date: 1997-11
Publisher: Mysterious Pr
Studio: Mysterious Pr

Seattle's classical music station KLEG, kept alive as the pet project of the wealthy Payne family, plays LPs rather than CDs, has creditors but no cachet, and regularly puts its elderly audience to sleep--except in the wee hours when sultry Teresa, Queen of the Night, keeps insomniacs in a state of erotic anticipation. KLEG is also the only place musician Alice Jordan can find a job after her dentist husband runs off with his hygienist. The ramshackle studio appalls her, the hostile staff intimidates her, but the corpse in the couch is about to awaken her latent talent for snooping . . . or is that sleuthing? Dead is sleazy ad man Ed Costello, who was making peanuts selling airtime for KLEG, but raked in the big bucks running an escort service from the station. The police think there's a killer among Ed's call girls. Alice, offering her help to a handsome homicide detective named Lukowski, suspects the most loopy employees at KLEG; a weird survivalist named Chip she found in Ed's phone register; and the mysterious Teresa, who tapes her shows and remains incognito. Alice is in for a shock when she starts to uncover the secrets hidden among the vinyl--and the real motive for Ed's demise. There's more trouble brewing at KLEG, and if Alice doesn't get a beat on the killer, she may be hearing a swan song for her own life. . . .

Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Light but amusing
Review: This book doesn't have the same character development of Beck's Jane da Silva series, but.....I did find myself laughing out loud several times while I was reading it. The main characters are rather sketchy, but the action is fast paced, if somewhat farcical. If you want to spend a few hours reading a light and amusing book, I can recommend We Interrupt This Broadcast. I hope that Beck sees fit to write another in the da Silva series.

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: They probably shouldn't have interrupted the broadcast!
Review: I was pretty much disappointed in this book. The other reviews I read were the sole reason for my purchase of the book, however, upon reading it, it did not live up to my expectations. The book isn't horrible, but I didn't find it to be as funny and charming as I would have liked. The characters are pretty cut and dried and after the first couple of chapters you already know what you can expect from them for the rest of the book.

I think the author has promise but still needs some work on how to give depth to the characters keep the reader interested.

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: One of the funniest books I have read since Catch 22
Review: I found this book listed on NPR's summer reading list. I was not familiar with the author or the title, but I took a chance. The cast of characters will amaze you with their actions - always having you laughing out loud. There is a mystery, but you don't really care 'who did it' because you are asking yourself, 'why did they do that?' If you want to be entertained, amused, and read a well-written book I would recomend this one.

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Great read by a talented author
Review: KLEG classical radio station in Seattle is close to being shut down due to a lack of listeners. However, this does not stop recently divorced Alice Jordan from successfully pleading her way into becoming the AM station's new account executive. The owners, siblings Caroline and Franklin Payne, are divided as to the fate of the station. Caroline wants the station to continue as the station's owner while Franklin wants to sell off the white elephant.

Franklin orders his sales executive, Ed Costello, to find a buyer. Before Ed can complete any deals, he is found murdered. Alice, who enjoys true crime as a hobby, begins to investigate what happened to Ed. She soon uncovers the sleazy side of the deceased who had connections to a right wing militia group. Still, if the amateur sleuth is not careful, she could become the next victim of the killer.

WE INTERRUPT THIS BROADCAST is a humorous amateur sleuth mystery that is fun to read due to the myriad of eccentric, but interesting characters, especially Caroline and a mysterious DJ. The story line is just okay, but K. K. Beck overcomes that with irony that leaves readers laughing while seeking more.

Harriet Klausner

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