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Original Sin (a Peter Brichter mystery) Kindle Edition

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Book 4 of 5: The Peter Brichter Series

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Kori Price Brichter planned on a wonderful Christmas. She and her police officer husband, Peter Brichter, had invited their friends, Frank and Mary Ryder and Gordon Ramsey, to spend the holiday with them, their son Jeep, and their nanny, Jill. Most important, Kori had invited Evelyn Biggins to join them. Having believed that all of her relatives had died, Kori was particularly thrilled to have found Evelyn, now her only living relative, to tell her of her family history. But Evelyn had only been in the house for a few hours when she was found, dead, in the house's library, victim of an apparent murder. Since the guests were now isolated in house because of a blizzard, the only possible conclusion is that one of them had killed Evelyn. But who?

Book 4 of 5

The Peter Brichter Series
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August 12, 2011
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Mary Monica Pulver is an incidental Hoosier -- Terre Haute, Indiana, had the hospital closest to her parents' home in Marshall, Illinois. She spent the later part of her childhood and early adult life in Wisconsin, graduating from high school in Milwaukee. She was a journalist in the U.S. Navy for six and a half years (two in London), and later attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Mary Monica sold her first short story, "Pass the Word," to Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, in 1983, and has since sold more than two dozen short stories to anthologies and magazines, including some in Germany, England, Italy and France. She has appeared in such anthologies as The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, Shakespearean Mysteries, Royal Whodunnits, Unholy Orders, Murder Most Crafty, and Silence of the Loons. Her first mystery novel, Murder at the War, appeared from St. Martin's Press in 1987 and was nominated for an Anthony as Best First Novel. The Unforgiving Minutes and Ashes to Ashes followed in 1988; but Original Sin was sold to Walker, who also presented the fifth book, Show Stopper, in May of 1992. Berkley Diamond brought these mysteries out in paperback. They feature detective Peter Brichter - a cop one reviewer said was "a hardboiled sleuth who's somehow landed in a cozy mystery." In 1998 Mary Monica began writing a new series for Berkley featuring amateur needleworking sleuth Betsy Devonshire. Set in Excelsior, Minnesota, Crewel World came out in March and was followed by 18 other titles in the series. These light and traditional novels are written under the pseudonym Monica Ferris, and all have gone to multiple printings - the first one is in its thirteenth printing! Mary Monica has won a place on national and local best-seller lists, including USA Today and the independent mystery bookstore compilation. She is a member of Sisters in Crime (a national organization that promotes women who write mystery fiction), remains a paid speaker on the life of a mystery author.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005HFLDL8
Publisher ‏ : ‎ FTL Publications (August 12, 2011)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 12, 2011
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 519 KB
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 187 pages

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Sy Lee

Pleasant mystery

Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2013

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This is a pleasant mystery to read by the fireplace...if I had a fireplace.

I enjoyed the main character Kori's, search for her history, thinking she had no relatives left. Even though this is labeled as a Peter Brichter mystery, it is really her story. Kori felt a little too gooey, a little too flat, a little too distracted.

None of the characters were too weird, and I could see stories in this series with any of them as the main focus. Harsh language was fairly limited.

This is the only book I've read in this series. It can stand alone, but it did leave my wondering why it was a Peter Brichter mystery.

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Fiona

Fun Murder Mystery Read

Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2013

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Murder isn't supposed to be fun, right? But this book turned that question on its head. The clues had me going down dead ends and turning corners. I was saying. "Mary did it!" No Wait! "Jill did it!" No. No. "Gordie did it!" No. "Danny did it!" By the time I got to the end, I'd picked everybody except the real killer. And truthfully, I didn't feel cheated when I found out who the killer was.

I also enjoyed the subplots. Peter and Kori's misunderstanding added more depth to their characters and their relationship. Frank and Mary appear to be getting a second chance, as long as Frank can keep out of future murder investigations. And Danny and Jill may get a chance at a long term relationship, if Jill has anything to say about it.

This turned out to be a very satisfying read.

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Dorothy

Good but missing something.

Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2013

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I am riding the fence on this story. I like the plot. I like the way the author presents her material. I do agree with one of the other reviewers that this story is similar to Agatha Christie, but, the key word here is similar. Christie was able to combine mystery, a little chaste romance, and some humor all rolled into one. Ah ha! This is what I think is wrong. The storyline is too rigid. Everyone is straight laced, up tight and rigid. I NEVER found myself sitting on the edge of my seat for this story. Now it is a mystery right? I feel I should have gotten so wrapped up in the story that I would be sitting on the edge of my seat waiting to find out or figure out more of the mystery. It was just too hum drum for me.

Now, don't get me wrong here. Just because I found this story this way, it does not mean any of you will. We each have our own likes and dislikes. I just happen to like being kept on pins and needles for a mystery.

The story is well written, except as I have voiced above. The story flows nicely and is easy to read and understand.

The characters need some work. I found this a "females rule" type of story. Well, except for Peter maybe, but even he did not put his "man" pants on until near the end. And, like another reviewer stated, I think the women were well defined as characters. I think only about 1/2 of the men were well defined. I did know Peter was the retired cop, but not much else about the other guys.

So, I do recommend this book. I recommend it for mature teens and adults. There are no sex scenes and no graphic violence, for which I am grateful.

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Jacqueline Fleming

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Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2013

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Kori promises all guests an old fashion Christmas. The snow obliges, making the road impassable and bringing down electrical wires, but since when is a dead body part of the celebrations? Somebody is a murderer, but whom?

Ms. Pilfer delivers as promised: a well written murder mystery. I was kept guessing the entire time. If I had to fault anything, it was the numerous two dimensional characters. I didn't feel a personal connection and would have accepted any of them as the killer.

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Patricia

Classic whodunit in the Agatha Christie style!

Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2013

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This book is a mind-twister, not a thriller, and is a lot of fun for the reader.
It is just before Christmas and the home of Peter and Kori Brichter is filled with guests. Along comes a blizzard, locking them all in and cutting off the power. By the time they manage to get the backup generator running, one of them has been murdered. Who did it and why? Peter Brichter is a police detective and one of the guests is a retired police detective and the two begin to investigate as the household continues preparations, albeit much more subdued, for Christmas.
Motives surface unexpectedly, but who did the deed? Extra brownie points to any reader who can figure it out even though the clues are there!

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2013

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The male characters are not well distinguished in this book. I never could figure out who was the cop, the cook or the honeymooner. It makes for hard reading and in the end, wasn’t worth the time.

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BusyBuyer

Good Read

Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2020

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Except for a rather slow start, this developed into an absorbing mystery in which almost everyone appeared a viable suspect. Think 1940's old Hollywood movie ... and see if you can follow the clues.

Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2013

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This book was very fun, and it was hard to put down. I read books like this when I'm looking for something light and entertaining, and this hit the spot. I also found the conclusion most satisfying, and parts of the story have stuck in my head. I haven't read any of the other books, and I didn't feel like I was missing anything, although it was apparent that there were previous book from the way the backstory was recapped. Again, I didn't feel I lost anything by picking it up blind.

Definitely worth reading, would make a good book for a rainy afternoon or even the beach.

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SylvAB

Best Christmas thriller I've read since....

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 9, 2019

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I read the Christmas Train by David Baldacci some years ago which I thought was so good without falling in to sentimentality because of the season, but the storyline is strong and almost unexpected! Where's the next one!!