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Killed in the Fog: A Matt Cobb Mystery (The Matt Cobb Mysteries) Kindle Edition

by William L. DeAndrea (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
During a trip to England, a fog of mystery threatens Matt Cobb’s vacation—and his life
Matt Cobb is ready to quit. His job as a special projects VP at a giant television network involves intense troubleshooting and an egotistical boss, and both have taken their toll. The network president has other ideas, though, and persuades him that all he needs is a long vacation. So Cobb takes off for London, with his dog and his lovely fiancée, Roxanne, by his side.  But work won’t release its grip so easily, and when Cobb visits an old friend at a network affiliate, he can’t resist a plea to help with their security team. And when he’s directed to ignore the time-honored rule against the delivery of mysterious envelopes, Cobb becomes not only a witness to a murder, but also the prime suspect.
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  1. Book 8 of 8
    The Matt Cobb Mysteries
  2. Print length
    238 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
  5. Publication date
    December 18, 2012
  6. File size
    3.9 MB
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Implausible from the outset, Matt Cobb's latest outing (after Killed in the Ratings) is laden with too many sour notes for the kind of natural warmth this series has previously generated. Matt, the house detective for an American TV giant known as the Network, flees the odious charms of the media biz for a vacation in England with his beloved Roxanne, who has overcome an early life of drug addiction to become wealthy and beautiful and cloyingly besotted with Matt, who loves her nearly as much as he loves himself. Matt does a favor for Lady Pam Arking, the head of a European TV network: he hands over a package?then watches the man to whom he delivered it die. Then he runs afoul of the London coppers and gets accused of the murder. DeAndrea's fixation on all things terribly English wears thin. He's not as bang up to date as he should be (e.g., new books are now discounted in England) and turns elitist and/or stridently anti-French at the drop of a hat. The actual crime stuff about phony schools offering courses that guarantee foreigners easy entry visas carries as much wallop as a glass of warm beer. Nothing works quite right, from mousy femmes fatales to the bizarre fact that Matt, after a few short weeks in London, knows more worthless local facts than could be accumulated in a lifetime spent within the sound of the Bow Bells.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

For his eighth sleuthing adventure, New York TV network exec Matt Cobb, burned out from his previous case, takes off with his rich near-fiancee for a refreshing breather in London. Seemingly on vacation himself, DeAndrea (Killed in Fringe Time, LJ 11/1/95) sets up his multimurder plot in fine style, with plenty of British color, but opts for a ho-hum denouement, perhaps signaling, unfortunately, like Lilian Jackson Braun's mini-industry "Cat Who" books, that his series is becoming driven by characters rather than story. Pleasant but disappointing.?David Bartholomew, NYPL
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00AEGII9U
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ MysteriousPress.com/Open Road (December 18, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 18, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3.9 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 238 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars 9 ratings

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William L. DeAndrea

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William L. DeAndrea (1952–1996) was born in Port Chester, New York. While working at the Murder Ink bookstore in New York City, he met mystery writer Jane Haddam, who became his wife. His first book, Killed in the Ratings (1978), won an Edgar Award in the best first mystery novel category. That debut launched a series centered on Matt Cobb, an executive problem-solver for a TV network who unravels murders alongside corporate foul play. DeAndrea’s other series included the Nero Wolfe–inspired Niccolo Benedetti novels, the Clifford Driscoll espionage series, and the Lobo Blacke/Quinn Booker Old West mysteries. A devoted student of the mystery genre, he also wrote a popular column for the Armchair Detective newsletter. One of his last works, the Edgar Award–winning Encyclopedia Mysteriosa (1994), is a thorough reference guide to sleuthing in books, film, radio, and TV.

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    Really enjoyed the book. I did figure out the killer thus time but still enjoyed it thoroughly.
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