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Christmas at The Mysterious Bookshop (2010) — Bidragyder — 241 eksemplarer
The Best American Mystery Stories 2008 (2008) — Bidragyder — 168 eksemplarer
Dead Man's Hand: Crime Fiction at the Poker Table (2007) — Bidragyder — 52 eksemplarer
Guardians of the Galaxy: Deluxe Soundtrack [Audiorecording] (2014) — Performer — 30 eksemplarer
A Merry Band of Murderers (2006) — Bidragyder — 21 eksemplarer

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DNF at 26%. The presentation is too choppy and the characters are all irritatingly stupid. Especially our MC. And perhaps the school rules become clearer later in the book, but I don’t care enough to find out. (A school that nobody’s heard about has paying students and sponsors? And others get kidnapped to attend but can only leave by death or graduating. The staff boast about simulations of deadly situations, but do nothing when students try to actively kill one another. Including a stranger they have never met. Or how about the fact that students seem to attend classes to learn all manners of murder, even though they are allegedly only allowed one kill in the real world that needs to be planned and executed flawlessly. Zero. Logic.)

I was already bored but then I heard the “motivation and justification” for Cliff’s future murder. It just further proves the point that there is no point.
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ilkjen | 28 andre anmeldelser | Mar 23, 2024 |
I love caper stories. And this book has not just one, but three! Excellent use of humorous narration, as well. Most satisfying.
 
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Treebeard_404 | 28 andre anmeldelser | Jan 23, 2024 |
This was a great read! But really, what else can you expect from Rupert Holmes (yes, THAT Rupert Holmes; he of the piña colada song “Escape”). Add in Doogie Howser, MD as one of the narrators and you’ve got a book that just can’t lose.

I do think the first half of the story was leagues better than the second. I found myself drumming my fingers during parts of the second half, but there were also some good plot reveals in the second half, so I don’t think I can really complain.
 
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ldyluck | 28 andre anmeldelser | Jan 6, 2024 |
Murder You Employer begins with an interesting concept, but quickly turns to a tedious journey into the curriculum of this “special” institution. The first story centers a Cliff Iverson, a recently fired worker, who plots to kill his boss who cuts corners in the construction of airplanes. Cliff actually attempts to kill his boss, Merrill Fiedley, by pushing him into the path of a transit train. The act is not successful and people immediately whisk Cliff to some mysterious school where how to murder stands as the field of study. Many words pop into the vocabulary, such as deletist-the person to kill, executor-the actual killer, and executive-the victim. Rupert Holmes inserts too many charts detailing courses of study and explaining rules of the school. Too many twists and turns that created a sense of disorientation. This book falls into a category of oblivion.… (mere)
 
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delphimo | 28 andre anmeldelser | Dec 27, 2023 |

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