by Susan Goodwill
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Book Description
Is Kate London suffering from post-romantic stress disorder when she attacks Mayor Balfours, her cheating fiancé, with a golf cart? Maybe she should have counted to ten before sending him tumbling down a hill inside a port-o-john. Kate can handle her sentence: anger management classes from a deranged instructor. What really hurts is the mayor's payback: condemning her Aunt Kitty's beloved Egyptian Theater on the brink of a grand re-opening. By the next day, Kate's fury turns to shock when she finds the mayor's Tidy Bowl-stained body . . . dead in the trunk of her car. If Kitty, a former B-list movie star, has taught Kate anything, it's that the show must go on. With a murder charge pending, Kate wears out her Jimmy Choos trying to find the killer and save the family theater . . . when love makes a surprise appearance.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 I laughed out loud, 2008-06-24
I was looking for a new read, and Brigadoom looked perfect. I finished it in one day. I was laughing out loud as I took it with me to doctors' offices and waiting for my friends to show up for lunch. People gave me funny looks, but I didn't care.
I like the first person narrator and I like her dry wit and funny asides. I wanted to go to her town and visit the characters there. I felt as comfortable with this book as I do reading Janet Evanovich and Laura Levine, also authors who make me laugh out loud.
I was relieved that I had bought the second book at the same time as the first, so that I can begin it right away.
When does #3 come out?
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 funny, twisty, and a little romantic, 2008-06-08
Kate London's life just got very complicated. Her eccentric aunt announces they'll be reopening the old Egyptian theater with a production of Brigadoon in one month, not the three months she'd anticipated. And the Egyptian needs a lot of work--more, now that vandals have targeted it.
Then she discovers her fiance, Mayor Ronnie Balfours, cheating on her, and reacts in a perfectly rational way... or rather, she reacts the way we'd all like to react: she attacks him with a golf cart.
Adding anger management classes to her already busy schedule seemed like a lot... until the dead bodies started showing up, including Mayor Ronnie's in the trunk of her car. And being busy suddenly doesn't seem so bad, now that she's a murder suspect.
It doesn't help that the sheriff is an ex-lover, or that they still strike sparks off each other.
And did I mention the Naked Bandit?
Brigadoom is a fast-paced, fun story full of humor, twists and turns, unusual characters, emotion, and a touch of romance. I'm looking forward to the next Kate London mystery.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 I really tried....., 2008-05-22
to like this book---a lot....but it was too much of a Janet Evanovich wanna-be for me. Yes, the pages flew. Yes, there was a mystery. Yes, there were chuckles. However, I felt it was all mimicry, down to the pet doggie, the romance from childhood, the oldster aunt, her friend Verna and their antics (read Grandma Mazur)etc...I could go on in this vein but I know you all get the drift of this.
Another however. I did like the writing, and so I will try the second in this series, hoping some originality will be forthcoming but only if I find it in the library.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Fun and Playful, 2008-02-13
This book is a keeper. I loved the loony characters and Kate London is a woman after my own heart. I am looking forward to the next book in this series.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Disappointed but hoping the next will be better, 2007-12-04
I bought this book from Amazon a few weeks ago, because I had another book in my cart and wanted free shipping so I searched for another light and fun mystery. I'm a fan of Janet Evanovich and am always looking for similar works. I thought I had found it with "Brigadoom" since the reviews were fabulous!
On the plus side, Ms. Goodwill is dang funny. Loved the golf cart scene, and "Al" from anger management. Aunt Kitty was pretty funny, too.
However, it took me 2 weeks to finish this book, which is unheard of for me! If I'd borrowed it from the library, I would have abandoned it. The short chapters didn't bother me, I actually like that, but I wasn't getting into the plot. I never really got why the killer did it, since I put the book down so often I had trouble remembering who was who and, gee, I can't even remember enough now to even give an example. The plot just never clicked with me, I guess.
I am writing this because it reminds me of a few years ago when I took a novel-writing class because I had Janet Evanovich stars in my eyes. Well, it's certainly easier to read than write! If I do say so myself, and I am, I had some funny ideas, and could write them effectively. But when it came to plotting the mystery, I couldn't get it all together. Maybe some day I'll try again.
I see that the next Kate London comes out in March. When I see it at the library 6 months later, I'll try her again. I do think Ms. Goodwill has talent, and if the plot can hold my attention, I think she can crank out a book that I'd rate 5 stars.
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