Now He Thinks He's Dead - Hardcover

Goulart, Ron

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802732208 ISBN 13: 9780802732200

Publisher: Walker & Co, 1992

Synopsis

When H.J. Mavity's chief client dies in her arms, she weeds through the secrets of several families to find his killer, as her ex-husband tries to keep her out of trouble

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The breezy team of commercial artist H. J. Mavity and her ex-husband, professional "voice" Ben Spanner, follow their debut in Even the Butler Was Poor , with this slim, sometimes slow, tale of murder and blackmail. Shortly before his death in a suspicious hit-and-run accident, Lloyd Dobkin, editor-in-chief of a Connecticut company that publishes skin magazines and Regency romances, confides in H.J. that he is on to something that will make him very rich and gives her an envelope to hold for him. It contains a photograph of a young woman's buttocks adorned with a butterfly birthmark. Ben recognizes the mark and says the photo must be of Sue Ellen Timberlake, the child of a soap millionaire kidnapped some two decades previously and never found (a case Lloyd wrote about in his bestselling Great American Kidnappings ). Another murder keeps H.J. interested and in danger as Ben maintains efforts to keep her safe. The tale never rises above the level of light entertainment.
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Another bouncy, flibbertigibbet escapade for artist H.J. Mavity--now deepening the cleavage on bodice-ripper books for editor Lloyd Dobkin--and for her current live-in, ex-hubby, and commercial voice-over specialist Ben Spanner (Even the Butler Was Poor). When Lloyd, who was loathed by his wife, is run over by a man in a ski mask driving a silver Audi while H.J. looks on, she feels compelled to investigate and, with Ben at her side, uncovers a clue: a butterfly birthmark on the tush of a cutie whose picture was submitted for inclusion in one of Lloyd's skin publications. But who is she and where is she now? Could she possibly be the famous Timberlake baby, kidnapped oh so many years ago? Would she inherit zillions if still alive? There's another death, a few dumb moves from a love-crazed chauffeur, and innumerable chances for Ben to do voice impersonations and save H.J., thus freeing her to worry about really major crises--such as turning 32. Cute and good-natured. And if it's a little too short and silly to merit its price tag, at least it's over before it wears out its welcome. -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Edition details

• Publisher: Walker & Co
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802732208
• ISBN 13: 9780802732200
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144