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  <title><![CDATA[Sympathy for the Devil (Madeline Bean Mystery, Book 1)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;P&gt;Madeline Bean, caterer to the stars, is in the middle of the biggest job of her career. She and her partner Wesley have pulled off Hollywood's most outrageous A-list Halloween party for notorious producer Bruno Huntley, complete with an eerie fortuneteller who is astonishingly accurate, and exotic food that's to die for. Before long, Bruno is thrashing and writhing out on the dance floor. Just one problem: he's not standing up, And soon, he's not even breathing.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The newly late Mr. Huntley was poisoned, that's certain. But the number of suspects with a yen to send Bruno to the devil could fill an audition for extras in the next Quentin Tarantino flick. When Wesley is arrested for the murder because of a long-standing dispute with the maniacal mogul, Madeline knows he couldn't be guilty. But to prove it, she has to wade through the muck of a mudslinging family, outrun a pair of crazed canines, dodge a pair of well-aimed bullets, and expose a slew of secrets that could put a soap opera to shame. Somebody's cooked up a murder, and it's up to Madeline to find out who--before she faces a fadeout of her own.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">5</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">1998</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Sympathy for the Devil (Madeline Bean Mystery, Book 1)</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jerrilyn Farmer]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was okay. It was the first of the series and I am glad it wasn't the first one  I read or I might not have read some of the others in the series.  I think her writing style and character development is better in the later books!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[First book in a cute series of a caterer who gets mixed up in a murder mystery. It's been a long time since I read this but I have a vague recollection of enjoying it and picking up a couple of more books in the series.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a nice new cozy to enjoy with colorful food analogies, similes and metaphors for a breezy read. This is a must read for the summer and a good one to enjoy.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love the Madeline Bean mysteries. They are funny, give great Old Hollywood trivia and, of course, she cooks.]]></body>
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