Book Review: Dying To Call You

Reviewed By: Dawn Dowdle

Dying To Call You     Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Elaine Viets
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Amateur Sleuth   Woman Main Character
Series: Dead End Job Mysteries
Signet, Paperback, 10/04, 270 pages, $6.50

Helen Hawthorne is working another dead-end job with payment in cash so she can evade her ex-husband and the law. This time she’s doing telemarketing. While she’s good at it, she gets plenty of hang-ups and people cursing her out. But then she overhears a murder during a phone survey she’s conducting to the home of Henry Asporth. She reports it to the police, but after their investigation, they tell her it was just a show on TV.

Helen is convinced she heard a murder. So she does some research through the computer at work to determine whether a woman lived at that address. Once she determines that Laredo lived with him, she contacts her sister Savannah and they begin investigating. Helen likes to stay as far away from police as possible.

Disrupting her enjoyable life at home are Fred and Ethel Mertz that moved into the apartment building. They are difficult to get along with and soon none of the neighbors are hanging out around the pool so they can avoid them.

As Savannah and Helen dig deeper and deeper into Henry Asporth and his friends, Helen finds herself in some sticky situations. Can they find the murderer without Helen being the next victim?

I always enjoy books in this series. Helen is a fun character and the people she works with and the other tenants in the apartment building are such great characters. They really add to the story.

While I sometimes have trouble believing anyone is really after Helen, I think the stories are well constructed and such a fun read. I highly recommend this book.

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Dawn Dowdle

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