Birthday Party

Lilly Bennett #5

by Marne Davis Kellogg

Lilly Bennett would no more think of going out without her Glock .26 than without her pearls. A hard-boiled P.I. with a touch of class and a federal marshal's badge, Lilly knows the darkest secrets of Wyoming's most glittering citizens....

Clay Parker's exit from this world was less than The former cowboy movie star was shot to bits over dessert at a deadly dull charity dinner. His Las Vegas funeral was no more dignified but a whole lot more entertaining, with a two-dozen-showgirl salute and an appearance by Wayne Newton. Parker was the spokesman for an unpopular family-owned land company that's carving chunks out of Wyoming's wide-open spaces. And he's only the first to die, plunging Lilly into a case as messy and full of homicidal loathing as only a family can be....

Genres: Mystery, Westerns

272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Janice · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really love Marne Davis Kellogg's style of writing and am sad that I've read all of her books! I hope that she has a new book sometime soon!

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish this series had been much longer!

[Sandy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I did finish it but did not enjoy it. Glad that I have not yet discovered any new authors to follow.

[Sharon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kellog has a fascination with tony folks (or, judging from her bio, maybe she is one). Anyway, her PI/federal marshal comes from a rich Wyoming family, which shortens her investigations, as she can hie off to Las Vegas at a moment's notice in her private jet. The opening scene involves the theft of her family's private helicopter! The murder victims and the suspects are all pretty unlikable, but the plot has sufficient twists and turns to keep you reading. I could wish for less description of clothes and more character development, but it's appropriate enough for summer reading.(

[JoAnn/QuAppelle Kirk · Rating 3 out of 5]

Last in the Lilly Bennett series....more convoluted than the others...nonsensical at times.

[Rose Wesselman · Rating 2 out of 5]

DNF second verse the same as the first and not nearly as interesting. If you read her Kick series you will be disappointed.

[Carol Heiss · Rating 2 out of 5]

Who is allowed to be a private investigator and a US marshal at the same time? Drags in places too. Last book of the series that I will ever read.

[Ruth · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this author.