There are good things that I liked and bad things that were annoying about this book. Good: I really enjoyed not knowing for sure what was going to happen next. Annie keeps right on getting herself into all kinds of trouble and Max keeps getting her out of it. They seemed to do more investigating in this one. Just about the time I thought I might know who the killer was another clue was dropped that through my guess all out of whack. I don't think that I would have ever guessed who the killer wa...

Just like the one and only other Annie and Max book I read, this one got on my ever-loving nerves! Why must Ms. Hart constantly reference other books, authors and even characters? It happens on almost every single page of the 300+ page book. She combined the doggedness of Bertha Cool (who?) confronting Donald Lam (who?) with the serenity of Maud Silver (who?) quoting Tennyson. That entire sentence could have been written and better understood without all those extra people that mean nothing to m...

White Elephant Dead by Carolyn Hart is about as perfect a cozy mystery read as I can imagine. Everything moves along just the way I always hope but don't usually get in a read meant to be restful. Funny thought: how some of us find a nice murder mystery "restful" but some of us do & this one was great. The writing is smooth and free from grammatical incongruities or errors. That seems like a minimum requirement for a good read but truthfully I don't even always get that. As a bonus feature, I wo...

White Elephant dead by Carolyn Hart is the 11th book in the Death on Demand Mystery series. When Henny Brawley, death on Demand's best customer fails to pick up her order, Max and Annie darling set up a search and find another resident killed with Henny also attacked close by. I love this series and always find it a comfort to return to as I know I will be reading a well plotted classic style mystery. Max and Annie make a terrific sleuthing pair and I enjoy the way Annie draws inspiration from o...

This is one of my least favorite Annie/Max mysteries (though not as tedious as The Christie Caper). A woman named Kathryn Girard is found dead, and local amateur sleuth Henny is missing (temporarily). (view spoiler)[Kathryn was visiting 4 houses the night she was killed and Annie and Max quickly find out she was blackmailing someone in each of those houses. Most of the book is spent discovering who is hiding what - a common trope in cozy mysteries. (I had to turn off my eye roll at how many resi...

If you loved the Thin Man movies, then this series is a good match for you. Light, witty and full of charm, Max and Annie Darling may be amateur sleuths who have developed a working relationship to solve a mystery, that well, works.But there is very little to be charming or witty about with the latest murder on the supposedly idyllic island of Broward's Rock. A woman known in the community but a friend to no one turns up dead, and a popular community volunteer and avid mystery book reader — almo...

3.5 Stars rounded up to 4 Stars.

This was okay. This was either my first or second in this series. I got a little tired of her throwing in relatively obscure (for the most part) mystery writers and their books practically every paragraph. Space it out more. Use less obscure authors. Admittedly, as a book store owner apparently specializing in first editions, because she keeps giving them away so that people will give her information.There is a white elephant sale coming up and an individual has offered to pick items up from don...

If you like mysteries - especially reading mysteries - this is the series for you. The main character owns a mystery bookstore in South Carolina, and the author works in references to famous mysteries quite often. Then the character ends up involved in mysteries, comparing herself to some very famous sleuths (Ms. Marple, Hercule Poirot, etc.) Annie, the main character, is sweet and lovable, and together with her husband Max they are reminiscent of Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, in the Agatha Chri...

This was my first Death on Demand book, and I liked it well enough to try and read some of the other ones. I did find it annoying that she referenced so many other books and their characters half I had never heard of. It was just something I learned to overlook.

I had been away from this series for some time, but the return has been a pleasant one. These are wonderful cozies that lead to reading other books because of the descriptions of the books in the bookstore.

Annie, owner of death on demand, gets involved again with murder. Her friend Henny goes missing and they find a dead body during the search. This has interesting twists and turns for Annie to deal with.

The Deadth on Demand books are always a lark to read. Carolyn Hart has the ability to make her characters just quirky enough to be fun, not so quirky that you are annoyed.

Cozy murder mysteries set out of a bookstore "Death On Demand."

Love her books! Very Agatha Christie and very clean in language, sex and violence.

Not Kindle Unlimited, read this, can't remember if hardback or paperback {was hardback for Christie Caper one} but since cats totally knocked down and apart bookcase and had to pack books back up out of way for while, quite a while back {before I was reviewing books on any sort of regular basis if at all}, and while it was more this one too was a 4 1/2, I do remember it {and still have the copy in with my Agatha Christie's of which have omnibuses as well as individual stories}. I liked it enough...

This book and the previous one in the series honestly blended together a little in mom memory because she read them back to back, so apologizes if some of the info we give is miss info.Mom says she remembers the book starting with Annie Darling waiting for Henny to come pick up her new books from Death on Demand. A storm is coming and Annie why Henny is taking so long. When Henny does not show up Annie, alerts Max and they head out to find her. The going look for the lady from the club whom Henn...

This one's a solid 2.00. No worse, but definitely no better.This installment made me nuts. It was actually hard to not give up on it. You know how this author references other mystery writers, their characters and their plotlines? Well, ramp it up by 80% in this story. If I wanted to know about these myriad other stories and authors, I'd read their books. Because I haven't, I often feel like there's a really long joke/story going on that I'm not "in" on and it feels lousy.I also have to wonder w...

The 11th book in the Death on Deman series has Henny in the center of the mystery. What a local volunteer is murdered and it's the Stover that she was a blackmailer, the new police chief seems determined to make Henny the chief suspect. It's up to Max and Annie to rectify his mistake. For some reason I seem to be determined to finish the series, even though I don't enjoy it very much. Every book seems the same to me and even the author seems to realize that they're a little bit repetitive. But

The mystery was fast-paced though there were certain characters that didn't really add to the story. The new police chief seems inept and can't put together a proper investigation. I found the references to other mystery writers annoying and I didn't particularly like the main characters. Lastly, there was one question in the book that I thought wasn't resolved in a satisfying way - if the murder victim was going away, why murder her anyway? The threat of continued blackmail doesn't seem very pl...