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Deadly Collection (The Molly Doyle Mysteries) Kindle Edition

by Elaine Flinn (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 31 ratings
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The third page-turning installment in the acclaimed mystery series featuring striking, sarcastic antique dealer Molly Doyle, set in picturesque Carmel, California.

Mackie O'Brien, an accomplished Carmel artist, has recently returned from a painting retreat in France after learning her parents died in an auto accident. An only child, Mackie is the heir to the small but exclusive Inn her parents owned, along with their stunning Spanish style seaside villa, Casa Del Alegria. The O'Brien's were former Hollywood set designers and their home is filled to the rafters with antiques and movie memorabilia worth a fortune.

Distraught over her the death of her parents, Mackie decides not to live in the house as it's too full of memories. She calls upon Molly to create a register of the contents of the home for an estate sale. While cataloging the items, Molly discovers more than priceless antiques and movie memorabilia. The mummified body of Hillary Thornton, a local fledging actress last seen at the villa decades earlier greets Molly when she has a gigantic bibliotheque unbolted from a wall in the home.

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"An author with a strong sense of story and a deliciously sly wit."
-- Chicago Sun-Times (Chicago Sun-Times )

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Elaine Flinn was an antiques dealer in the San Francisco Bay area for many years. Dealing in Murder is her first novel. Trading treasures for her love of mystery, she lives on the Monterey Peninsula and is at work on the next book in the series.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000N2HD00
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins e-books (October 13, 2009)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 13, 2009
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1390 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 351 pages
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5.0 out of 5 stars Flinn Has One of the BEST Series....
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2006
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When "Deadly Collections" arrived from Amazon, I promptly stopped reading the book I was on and eagerly reached for this latest novel from Elaine Flinn. I was not disappointed! What a great new writer!! There are many books on the market with various "career themes" as the basis for their series. Flinn's series is absolutely one of the BEST! Her mystery plots just keep getting better and her characters are unique and multi-faceted.

The addition of Emma has been absolutely terrific! Em serves as such a great vehicle for the author to impart various knowledge to the reader concerning different antiques. Elaine Flinn was formerly an antiques dealer in the San Francisco area and it is always interesting to me to learn various aspects of the antique trade.

Likewise, Emma adds such a different dimension from other mystery novels and is so far removed from being a "bratty" kid that I found her to be just delightful! My God, she is like a "Stepford Child" and just do not understand how anyone could classify her as "bratty." Emma is this genius kid who at the age of 12 has already decided that she wants to be an antique dealer herself. She is polite, cares greatly about Molly, and made me want to CLONE her!

Moreover, Emma and the friends that she encounters in her new school will add even more to the series as perhaps one of her classmates' relatives will be the next to turn up dead?? I mean there are just so many bodies that Molly can inadvertently discover herself.

I absolutely loved how the body was discovered in "Deadly Collections" in the old mansion filled with treasures from the golden days of Hollywood. It was so fresh and different! Moreover, it was not a difficult stretch to imagine for Carmel.

Excellent book by a terrific author!
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Esther Schindler
4.0 out of 5 stars An entertaining and educating read; not quite as awesome as the first two
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2006
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If you've read the earlier books in this series -- and I think you really should -- you're already aware of the protogonist's situation. Molly is trying to rebuild her life in Carmel, in her profession as an antiques dealer. By now, she's made some friends, has established a positive reputation in town, acquired the stewardship of her 12-year-old niece, and has a... well, not quite a romance, but an interesting tension with the chief of police. (With that much going on, you see why I recommend that you don't start with Deadly Collection.)

In this book, Molly is asked to sell the contents of a formidable mansion (giving us lots of opportunity to learn about antiques). And, of course, she stumbles over yet another dead body.

Elaine Flinn created good characters in this series, and she presents plenty of interesting information about the antique business (about which I know absolutely nothing) in a place that's absolutely gorgeous (a 1985 Vicki Leon travel guide to California described Carmel by saying, "If you had a nickel for every time someone described this town as 'quaint,' you could probably afford to stay here"). I liked the book quite a bit, and anyone who enjoyed the previous volumes is sure to like it, too. You can safely order this book, knowing that you'll comfortably disappear into someone ELSE's world for a while. Isn't that just what we're looking for in a cozy mystery?

Deadly Collection isn't quite as engrossing as the two previous books, however, for two reasons: first, it takes a while to get Molly into the house for long enough for the body to be found; and the 12-year-old niece, Emma, isn't quite believeable. I disagree with the reviewer who thinks Emma is a brat; I think she's a perfectly nice person. She just isn't a 12-year-old kid. Being brilliant isn't the same as being mature; I know, as I "were one" of those gifted kids. In fact, if she had a really bratty moment ("Emma, if you don't turn that music down RIGHT NOW I'm going to kill you!") I would have bought into the character a lot more.

Those are minor flaws, however, in what is turning into an enjoyable series. If you'd like to get a little bit smarter about antiques while you read some good storytelling, go ahead click on that "add to my cart" button.
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S. Collier
5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite Elaine Flinn
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2008
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I am a mystery buff and I especially enjoy those that feature art, or antiques. I bought the first three Molly Doyle mysteries and started the first one, but couldn't really get into is so I was a bit disappointed. Then I started reading this one because the plot sounded so interesting, with the connection to old Hollywood films, and I was hooked. Flinn has a great way of keeping the reader in suspense, and on the edge of your seat nearly the entire time. It also doesn't hurt that there is a little romance going on between Molly and the chief of police. This is also a great book for anyone who loves Carmel or the Central California coastal areas.
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