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    Death of a Neighborhood Scrooge: A Jaine Austen Mystery

    Written by Laura Levine

    Narrated by Brittany Pressley

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    About this audiobook

    Scotty Parker is a former child star who once played Tiny Tim, but now he's grown up into the role of the neighborhood Scrooge. He cuts the wires on his neighbors' Christmas lights and tells local kids that Santa had a stroke. And his miserly bah-humbug attitude lasts year-round — a fact known all too well by his current wife, his ex-wife, his maid, and many more.

    Scotty thinks he can stage a comeback with the screenplay he's working on (The Return of Tiny Tim: Vengeance Is Mine!), and Jaine's been reluctantly helping him edit it. So when Scotty is bludgeoned with a frozen chocolate yule log and the police start making a list of suspects and checking it twice, Jaine's name is unfortunately included. True, she's been under some stress — with Lance trying to set her up on dates and her fickle feline taking a sudden liking to someone else — but she's not guilty of murder. Now she just has to prove it — using her gift for detection to figure out who committed this holiday homicide.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateSep 25, 2018
    ISBN9781974906055
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    Death of a Neighborhood Scrooge: A Jaine Austen Mystery
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    Laura Levine

    Laura Levine is a comedy writer whose television credits include The Bob Newhart Show, Laverne & Shirley, The Love Boat, The Jeffersons, Three's Company, and Mary Hartman, Mary Martman. Her work has been published in The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times. She lives in Los Angeles and is currently working on the next Jaine Austen mystery. For more information, visit www.JaineAustenMysteries.com.

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    • 3/5
      Scotty Parker is a former child star who once played Tiny Tim, but now he’s grown up into the role of neighborhood Scrooge. He cuts the wires on his neighbors’ Christmas display and tells the kids that Santa had a stroke. His miserly, bah-humbug attitude lasts year-round, a fact known all too well by everyone who knows him.

      Scotty thinks he can stage a comeback with the screenplay he’s working on (The Return of Tiny Tim: Vengeance Is Mine!). Jaine is reluctantly recruited to help him edit the horrible screenplay. When Scotty is bludgeoned to death with a frozen chocolate yule log, the police start making a list of suspects. Jaine’s name is unfortunately at the top of the list

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      Series: A Jaine Austen Mystery - Book 16
      Author: Laura Levine
      Genre: Cozy/Holiday Mystery
      Publisher: Kensington Books

      Publishing Date; September 25, 2018

      Laura Levine is a talented writer. Her characters are modern, quirky, and written with an eye towards the current world we live in. Death of a Neighborhood Scrooge is the sixteenth book in this series, and like most of the other books, it is filled with lots of clues, suspects and dating issues for Lance and Jaine. Jaine isn’t having much luck herself, and that is what makes the two characters work well together.

      Jaine Austen is a writer, mainly ads. She doesn’t mind the work but hopes for better. Working with the victim is a bit overwhelming for her especially as she, like most everyone else, doesn’t like him. Lance is not really any help and is too self-centered to really care. Other characters in this book are far too sporadic to worry the reader; most are not memorable.

      The Jaine Austen Mystery series is popular and well liked. But I have an issue with this particular book. Anyone who would hand over their beloved pet to a complete stranger is incredibly callous, not to mention irresponsible. Especially when Jaine lives within easy driving range of Scotty. This is a big sticking point for me as a reader and as a pet owner. Then top it off with the fact that the strangers treat Prozac as if he belongs to them without asking Jaine’s permission for how the cat is taken care of, and Jaine allows this to continue throughout the story, makes it unbelievable. Add in that the victim is so unlikable that the reader will wonder why someone didn’t kill him sooner; this makes it hard for the reader to care about any of the characters. Unfortunately, mix all of this with the ending, and I’m afraid that I can’t give this book a high rating.

      Overall, Death of a Neighborhood Scrooge is a fast-paced, easy-to-read story that has moments of entertainment. If readers love this series, they will most likely enjoy this new addition, if they didn’t enjoy it previously, that won’t change.
    • 3/5
      When Jaine Austen and her cat, Prozac, head off to Bel Air to house sit during the holidays with her bff, Lance, she expects a quiet holiday full of upscale shopping and helping Lance get over his latest broken heart with lots and lots of chocolate. When their next door neighbour, a one-time child actor and full-time curmudgeon, is murdered, Jaine becomes the main suspect but there are plenty of people who despised him including both his present and ex wife. Jaine decides the only way to prove her innocence is to unmask the culprit herself. Unfortunately, her sleuthing skills are a bit off, what with Prozac deciding to transfer his affections elsewhere and Lance's efforts to find her a date, not to mention the emails her parents are sending her about their adventures on their holiday cruise.Death of a Neighborhood Scrooge by Laura Levine is, for the most part, a fun, fast, and humorous holiday cosy. At times, it did seem to drag and the humour was sort of hit and miss for me but, overall, I did enjoy it especially her parents' emails - easily the funniest part of the book.Thanks to Netgalley and Kensington Books for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review