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NYC: Murder Brooklyn Style -- A Summer Winter Mystery
Sister Winter wants to leave a small token of her regard to the recently deceased Raul French, but when she returns to the viewing room she is startled to find that his arm has been moved. Then she notices that the gold wedding band she and Elder Winter had forced onto Raul's corpulent pinkie is missing. Where could it be? Had the bratwurst arm they had so tnederly folded across Raul's chest moved on its own? Unthinkable. Dead people don't move. Mustering her courage, Sister Winter hefts up the sleeve of the borrowed suit. Not willing to trust what she sees, she looks again. Yep, still there -- another arm. In life, Raul French had only the customary two arms. Now it seems there are at least three!
308 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2010
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October 23, 2011
Please, read my entire review because my 3 star rating is misleading!
I wish there were two rating systems here: one for the story content and one for technical delivery.
Because here's the thing: I loved this story! Sis. Winter is an awesome character. She's funny, witty, human, has a nose for mystery, and a great personality that shines through. I love her as a character and hope to see more of her in the future.
The plot is classic cozy mystery (a genre that I love)—involved but not too complex, intriguing but personable, just enough violence and blood, but not gorey. I loved the writing voice. And that cover is AWESOME!
Taking the story by itself, I'd give this a 4.5!
But. It really needed a tighter edit. The book wasn't professionally typeset; it looks like maybe it was done using Word as some of the many punctuation issues were the kind that Word auto corrects—and Word is wrong.
There were also some POV issues. The first person chapters in Sis. Winter's voice were great, but several chapters were from other characters' perspectives--and in my opinion, those chapters slowed the flow of the book and they didn't really add much to the overall story.
Delivery gets a 2.
It's extremely rare that I'll say, "This book had lots of editing and technical issues but read it anyway because the story is awesome." In fact, I can't even remember the last time I said that. But I'm saying it now. I'm going to give this book an overall rating of 3, but I hope that if you get a chance to read the book you will.
I wish there were two rating systems here: one for the story content and one for technical delivery.
Because here's the thing: I loved this story! Sis. Winter is an awesome character. She's funny, witty, human, has a nose for mystery, and a great personality that shines through. I love her as a character and hope to see more of her in the future.
The plot is classic cozy mystery (a genre that I love)—involved but not too complex, intriguing but personable, just enough violence and blood, but not gorey. I loved the writing voice. And that cover is AWESOME!
Taking the story by itself, I'd give this a 4.5!
But. It really needed a tighter edit. The book wasn't professionally typeset; it looks like maybe it was done using Word as some of the many punctuation issues were the kind that Word auto corrects—and Word is wrong.
There were also some POV issues. The first person chapters in Sis. Winter's voice were great, but several chapters were from other characters' perspectives--and in my opinion, those chapters slowed the flow of the book and they didn't really add much to the overall story.
Delivery gets a 2.
It's extremely rare that I'll say, "This book had lots of editing and technical issues but read it anyway because the story is awesome." In fact, I can't even remember the last time I said that. But I'm saying it now. I'm going to give this book an overall rating of 3, but I hope that if you get a chance to read the book you will.
December 3, 2010
What a fun read!
I read the whole book in 2 nights! The story is a true picture of what it is like to be a missionary in New York City. When I was a missionary there in 2006, my companion and I had to be interviewed by a detective during an investigation about the arson whom burned down the Woodside Church in Queens! Never a dull moment.
Loraine, thank you for the engaging story. It was fun to recognize the names of the characters and the places that they went. The only bad thing was that it was over to quickly! But I'm heavily relying on the promise of a "series." Thank you!
I read the whole book in 2 nights! The story is a true picture of what it is like to be a missionary in New York City. When I was a missionary there in 2006, my companion and I had to be interviewed by a detective during an investigation about the arson whom burned down the Woodside Church in Queens! Never a dull moment.
Loraine, thank you for the engaging story. It was fun to recognize the names of the characters and the places that they went. The only bad thing was that it was over to quickly! But I'm heavily relying on the promise of a "series." Thank you!
February 6, 2011
I think it is the COOLEST thing that my mother-in-law wrote this fun LDS mystery book! She was able to incorporate experiences from their mission serving in NY into this story. Although I have never had the opportunity to visit NY, this book paints vivid pictures of the environment and the charachters in it. So fun!
October 23, 2010
I really enjoyed reading this book. I'm usually not into reading mysteries, but I liked the premise of this story and I really liked the characters. It was fun to be able to visualize all the places in NY I've visited before.
October 17, 2011
Of course I love this book. It is very much a "me" kind of book. Cozy mystery, great characters and fun to read. Not a heavy book with serious overtones... some tension and action but mostly solving the crime with humor and passion.
October 24, 2011
I really liked this book. It was fast, fun, and full of surprises! I read 10 chapters the first day! I didnt want to put it down! It was nice to not have to worry about language - well except "cheese and crow buck!"
There was some blood and violence though! Enjoy!!!
There was some blood and violence though! Enjoy!!!
January 10, 2011
How cool is this! This is my Mom's book! EVERYONE needs to read it!
October 19, 2011
NYC: A Mission to Die For is a delightful debut novel by Author Loraine Scott. If you love murder/mysteries with LDS main characters, this is a book you won't want to miss. Although the main characters are an LDS missionary couple, the story is about the murder mystery, so you don't have to be LDS to enjoy it. Loraine starts out the story in the streets of New York with an automobile accident. Not long after, Summer and Anthony Winter are met with the distinctive odor of decay when they enter the mission home after a weekend away. Summer, the main character, automatically assumes something has died in the fridge. Something has died alright, but it isn't in the fridge. When they discover the source of the smell is the body of a transient man whom they've previously come to care for and NYC's finest wants to dismiss the case as another homeless person's death, they take the reins and investigate the death themselves. It helps that Anthony is a former detective with the LAPD and their son is currently working there. Well written and fast paced, this is a book you'll have to drag yourself away from. Pick up a copy. You won't be disappointed.
February 27, 2012
The beginning was all over the place, showing events from different points of view and all. I was glad when it concentrated more on the Winters! I had a feeling about who had killed the guy from at least the middle of the book, but was surprised by who had killed Maria! I enjoyed the plot and how they thought about things! I loved the relationship between the Winters, how sweet! I hope I can someday go on a mission with my husband! Although without all of the drama. Some of the typos drove me nuts, for instance, hearing "signing in the next room." You can't hear signing, but can hear singing. I still enjoyed it, but more editing needed to be done! I need to find the first book, since this is obviously a second book. I had never heard of it or its predecessor though!
January 21, 2012
This should be on your must-read list. It's a delightful LDS Murder Mystery (although you don't have to be LDS to enjoy it). Even though it's a murder mystery, I laughed all the way through. The most humorous conversations in the book are the ones Summer Winter has with herself. When Loraine talks about her character's restaurant meals, I wanted to jump right up and order the same meal (except the one at the end - a little beyond my budget). I had no idea whodunnit until almost the end of the book. Well written and humorous, I loved this book.
November 10, 2011
This should be on your must-read list. It's a delightful LDS Murder Mystery. When Loraine talks about her character's restaurant meals, I wanted to jump right up and order the same meal (except the one at the end - a little beyond my budget). The most humorous conversations in the book are the ones Summer Winter has with herself. I had no idea whodunnit until almost the end of the book. Well written and humorous, I loved this book.
December 2, 2011
This should be on your must-read list. It's a delightful LDS Murder Mystery. When Loraine talks about her character's restaurant meals, I wanted to jump right up and order the same meal (except the one at the end - a little beyond my budget). The most humorous conversations in the book are the ones Summer Winter has with herself. I had no idea whodunnit until almost the end of the book. Well written and humorous, I loved this book.
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November 30, 2011cant wait to read this book written by my mother-in-law!!!
May 27, 2012
Good first effort and fun to see my parents portrayed in print.
October 6, 2012
I liked the story but it was a poor editing job. Some misspellings and other mistakes that you had to correct in your mind in order to get the story straight.
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