Murder in the Marketplace

Liz Sullivan #2

by Lora Roberts

When a star employee at SoftWrite is murdered, temp and freelance writer Liz Sullivan sees the newly-vacated position as an irresistible opportunity for her to find much-needed work, and she overlooks the job's potentially deadly qualities

Genres: Mystery, Cozy Mystery

216 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published May 31, 1995

About the author

Aka Lora Roberts Smith, Lora R. Smith.

Lora Roberts was born and raised in Missouri, She's lived for twenty years in Palo Alto, California, where her two mystery series featuring homemaker/writer Bridget Montrose and vagabond Liz Sullivan take place. After doing newspaper work, public relations work, technical editing, and romances, She really enjoys writing mysteries.

Reviews

[LJ · Rating 4 out of 5]

MURDER IN THE MARKETPLACE - G
Roberts, Lora - 2nd in Liz Sullivan series


It must be mere chance that puts freelance writer Liz Sullivan on the scene when the body of beautiful Jenifer Paston is discovered -- and coincidence that Jenifer happens to be a star at SoftWrite, the Silicon Valley company where Liz is temping. After all, she's barely met the dead woman.

Liz's neighbor, police detective Paul Drake, tells her to stay home and mind her writing, and she'd like nothing better. Unfortunately -- with a runaway niece and a homeless pup on her hands -- she has to earn a living. The best -- and worst -- place to earn it is turbulent SoftWrite, where spite, sex, and greed take top priority, and where the computer games are murder.

This was light but with a great character. A very enjoyable read.

[Terri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just wwhen Liz Sullivan starts getting settled into her new house and NOT living in her VW bus, her life is again disrupted by the surprise visit of her teenage neice Amy who says she has come to stay.

And Liz, in the course of working as a temp and a census taker finds another dead body. This is the kind of coincidence she does not need. And WHAT is going on at the company she is temping at?

I like Liz, she is gruff and determined to live as she chooses, And dead bodies are definitely soemthing to avoid. Her friendship with Detective Drake is one thing I like about this series. I think it is one of the most beleivable cop/amatuer sleuth relationships in a series.

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great read.

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

Finally, a character who knows how to stretch a food budget and live well under her means. The struggle is real. And refreshing

[Jill · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is interesting to read of a time when computers were new and cell phones non existent. I enjoy the main character flawed but trying.

[Pat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Liz Sullivan works as temp in a computer company.
People are murdered.
Her tenant is a cop.
Her niece drops in as a runaway.
Good.

[Dennis Fischman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay, I have to admit that some of the characters are poorly defined, but Liz and her niece Amy more than make up for that. A perfectly enjoyable read.