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Five Belles Too Many (A Sarah Blair Mystery Book 5) Kindle Edition

by Debra H. Goldstein (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 out of 5 stars 74 ratings
When Sarah Blair’s mother participates in a reality show competition for brides in Wheaton, Alabama, things get a little too real as a murderer crashes the wedding party . . .

Sometimes Sarah’s mother, Maybelle, can be higher maintenance than her Siamese cat RahRah. Maybelle and her friend, Mr. George Rogers, have been chosen to be one of five couples competing for a small-town “perfect” wedding and dream honeymoon on a Southern Belles reality show—and guess who has to be chaperone. Even more vexing, the producers have decided to put up the crew and participants at the restaurant/bed and breakfast owned by Sarah’s nemesis Jane Clark.
 
But when someone turns up dead with Jane kneeling by the body with blood on her hands, she goes from being Sarah’s chief rival to the police’s chief suspect. Neither Sarah nor her twin, Chef Emily Johnson, can stand Jane—still, they don’t think she’s a murderer. The producers vow the show must go on, but to protect their mother and the other contestants, Sarah vows to find the true killer before someone else gets eliminated . . .
 
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“The Sarah Blair mysteries are such a perfect blend of wit, fun, intrigue, and mouth-watering food descriptions that cozy fans will be eager for another helping.”
—Ellery Adams, New York Times bestselling author

 
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    Sarah Blair Mysteries
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    290 pages
  3. Language
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  4. Publisher
    Kensington Books
  5. Publication date
    June 28, 2022
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About the Author

Debra H. Goldstein is the author of the Sarah Blair Mysteries, as well as Should Have Played Poker and IPPY Award-winning Maze in Blue. Her short stories, including Anthony and Agatha-nominated The Night They Burned Ms. Dixie’s Place, have appeared in numerous periodicals and anthologies. An active Birmingham, Alabama civic volunteer, Debra also serves on the national boards of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America and is president of SEMWA and past president of SinC’s Guppy Chapter. Visit DebraHGoldstein.com to learn more.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09HRCV4TN
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kensington Books (June 28, 2022)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 28, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.5 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 290 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Debra H. Goldstein

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Judge Debra H. Goldstein retired to follow her passion for writing mysteries. She is the author of Kensington’s Sarah Blair Mystery Series, Maze in Blue, Should Have Played Poker, and With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying. Her novels and short stories received Silver Falchion, IPPY, AWC, and BWR awards and have been Agatha, Anthony, Derringer, and Claymore finalists.

Debra is a national board member of Sisters in Crime and previously served on the national board of MWA and as president of the Guppy and SEMWA chapters. She is a civic volunteer, mother of four, and married to a man whose blood runs Alabama Crimson.

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  • Evie
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
    Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2023
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    Enjoy all her Books
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  • Kay Garrett
    5.0 out of 5 stars FIVE BELLES TOO MANY by Debra H. Goldstein
    Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2024
    FIVE BELLES TOO MANY by Debra H. Goldstein is the fifth book in the Sarah Blair Mystery series. It’s the fabulous story of five bride and grooms in the Southern Belle Perfect Wedding competition - with Sarah’s mother and her friend, George, as one of the couples in the contestants. By participating in a reality show, they are all hoping to win their ideal wedding and honeymoon.

    Sarah didn’t realize all the demands on her time when hooked into being Maybelle’s chaperone during the competition. For one thing, she has two pets, RahRah & Fluffy that depend on her, and a job that she just can’t show up for on the whims of the producers. And secondly, they would have to pick her nemesis, Jane Clark, be to largely involved in the same show events meaning that now she’s going to have to deal with her on a daily basis.

    As much as she can’t stand Jane, when she’s found standing over the dead body of the show’s director, she can’t see the justice in her being wrongly accused. She had been determined to stay out of it and let the police handle it, but knowing the Chief of Police has been known to jump to quickly to the wrong conclusions, Sarah ends up calling her lawyer boss, Harlan, to help Jane. When the method of death is leaning towards poisoning and has the authorities looking at Southwinds, the restaurant owned by Sarah and her twin sister, as a possible place it was administered, it has Jane jumping in with both feet to find answer to make sure finger pointing doesn’t turn to out and out accusations or being charged wrongly harming the business Emily and Marcus had worked so hard to build up.

    While everyone may be competing to win, for some it wasn’t so much for the wedding as the media coverage, monetary value or even as a lark, but none of them expected to be involved in intrigue, danger and murder. It starts to be not who is getting kicked off the show, but who is going to be the next victim. When the first couple forced to leave wasn’t the one predicted to be, there seems to be signs of some unscrupulous dealings concerning how things are done when the votes weren’t even counted. The odds are there may be more staging than voting going on? Could the cost to some gamblers be more than money lost if the wrong couple is sent home?

    On a side note, Sarah and Cliff, finally get to make amends and start working back to being friends again. Is it possible that they could be some rekindling of feelings sometime in the future?

    FIVE BELLES TOO MANY has a lot of excitement, anxiety, mystery and intrigue to keep this reader quickly turning pages as I tried, alongside Sarah, to figure out whodunit and who might last long enough to win the wedding and honeymoon of a life time.

    It’s always a thrill to take a trip back to Wheaton, Alabama and visit with Sarah and friends. FIVE BELLES TOO MANY was no exception. Debra H. Goldstein manages to entertain and stimulate us and then leave us exhilarated by the ending. Most definitely FIVE STAR reading! Although part of a series, it can most definitely be read as a standalone book.

    I receive a copy of this book with no requirement or expectations of a review. All opinions are completely my own.
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  • Lori Caswell/Dollycas
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Story
    Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2022
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    Sarah’s mother, Maybelle is a gem handled in small doses. In this fifth installment of the Sarah Blair Mystery Series, Maybelle and her friend George will be participants in a reality television show to win the “perfect” wedding and honeymoon of their dreams. They are the eldest of the five competing couples but they still need a chaperone and Sarah has been chosen for that task. To make matters worse, the crew, the contestants, and the chaperones have been booked to stay at Jane Clark’s B&B meaning Sarah will be spending a lot of time with her nemesis.

    The reality show takes a devastating turn when Jane is found kneeling next to the dead body of the show’s director, her hands covered in blood. While Sarah does not trust Jane farther than she can throw her she doesn’t believe she is a murderer. The show becomes somewhat of a free for all as the producers try to keep filming. Sarah uses that to her advantage as she tries to protect everyone and catch the real killer before someone else gets voted off the island permanently, I mean gets killed.

    Again Ms. Goldstein has packed these pages with a story that grabs a hold and hangs on tight.

    Her characters and their continued development is so strong. Sarah seems to be almost in constant motion except for the little bit of time she takes to give her Siamese cat RahRah and her rescue dog, Fluffy a little bit of love. Her boss, Harlan has a big legal case coming up so he needs her in the office. She wants to help out at the restaurants she owns with her sister too. But the reality show and her job of chaperoning her mother is much more time-consuming than she could even imagine and that was before the murder happened. Maybelle is high maintenance but it seems George knows how to take care of her. They do make a cute couple. I was thrilled to see Emily, Marcus, and Southwinds get the recognition they deserved and that restaurant was used much more than originally contracted. Harlan also steps in to help anywhere he can and Cliff is back as the show’s general contractor. All these characters feel so genuine and their interactions and dialogues read very true to life.

    We meet several new characters in the contestants and crew of the reality show. All these new characters are cleverly crafted. Many are pretty sketchy or hiding something which is great for a reality show. Drama drives up those ratings, which is why some of the drama is totally scripted but I really loved when anyone went off-script.

    The plot was very interesting and not just because of the murder mysteries. The behind-the-scenes look at a reality show was entertaining with the crazy competitions and the decisions made that weren’t usually on the up and up. The method of death was unexpected but I was surprised because I had recently seen it used on a television show. I think the author implemented it better than the tv show did because I was kept guessing right up until the very end. Ms. Goldstein did an excellent job of twisting things up so the reveal was very dramatic.

    After the case was wrapped up there was a very heartwarming ending.

    Every trip to Alabama to visit Sarah, her family, and her friends have been a Perfect Escape and all seem to end too soon. As soon as I turn the final page I can’t wait to return. So while I know Six _________ Too Many will probably not be released for a year, this girl can hope. Thank you, Deborah J. Goldstein. Five Belles Too Many was a delightfully entertaining story that I totally enjoyed.

    To get maximum enjoyment I do recommend reading this series in order but the author has written this story to stand on its own.
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  • Dru Love
    4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Read
    Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2022
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    This was a fun book to read where the reality show business takes center stage. Of course someone needs to be murder for this whodunit to have Sarah start looking into things. The mystery was nicely executed and the list of suspects kept growing. When the pieces fell into place, the pacing quickened as I had to know how this was going to turn out. Great ending.
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