Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
Divorce Can Be Murder
Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Victoria Pade
Class/Genre: Mystery
Dell, Feb 1999, $5.99, 336 pp.
Jimi Plain has finally recovered from her divorce that occurred several years ago. She now assists the therapist, Dr. Audrey Martin, who helped her during her personal crisis. Audrey is no ordinary psychiatrist as she is also a nun. Jimi serves as a volunteer at the Hunter Divorce Adjustment Seminars, a church sponsored organization. However, Jimi's latest stint turns into a terrifying experience because three deaths occur.
When the seminar attendees arrive at participant Bruce Mann's home, they find their host dead, a victim of an apparent deliberate electrocution. Bruce had ties with everyone in the group, including the former husband of Jimi's best friend Linda. When the mistress of her former spouse turns up dead, suspicion falls on Linda. Jimi feels her best friend is innocent and begins her own investigation to prove her theory right even though it means playing Russian roulette with a killer.
Renowned romance writer, Victoria Pade, successfully turns to the mystery genre with a gold medal novel, DIVORCE CAN BE MURDER. The tale provides insight into the various, often times painful, stages of divorce within a wonderful who-done-it. Jimi is a warm person that garners reader empathy from the start of the book, leaving the audience feeling that this series looks like the beginning of a long friendship.
Harriet Klausner
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