As party planner Presley Parker investigates a murder during a séance party at San Francisco's famous Winchester Mystery House, she doesn't need a ...
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Feb 23, 2011
LORI
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Presley Parker is back and finds herself evicted from her Treasure Island barracks office as the building has been condemned. Luckily Brad, the crime clean-up specialist, uses his connections to find new office space for all the evicted businesses.
Presley has no time to waste dealing with building matters as she plans a Séance Party at San Jose's Winchester Mystery House for Jonathon Ellington. He plans to unveil some really cool holographic technology developed by his company. Some More...
Presley has no time to waste dealing with building matters as she plans a Séance Party at San Jose's Winchester Mystery House for Jonathon Ellington. He plans to unveil some really cool holographic technology developed by his company. Some More...
Jul 01, 2011
Vera
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Warner was a new author to me, and I enjoyed this mystery. Presley Parker is a party planner, and was asked to plan a seance party to take place in the Winchester Mystery House. That made it worth reading to me because of TV shows dealing with the location, but Presley was interesting, too, because she has ADHD, with which I'm too familiar, as I have a daughter with it. My only complaint is that the plot seems a little forced to me. The police have a suspect arrested for the murder, yet the dete
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May 18, 2011
Myhotstylist
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these stories just keep getting better and better.
3rd in series, Presley the "Event Planner" is called upon by her mothers' boyfriend to throw a seance party for his son Johnatans' company.. to launch a new 4-D product that will change the world. The catch? They want it held at the Winchester Mystery House!
During the party, the guy operating the 4-D projector ends up dead, and Johnathans fingerprints all over the murder weapon. With the guest list a mile long there More...
3rd in series, Presley the "Event Planner" is called upon by her mothers' boyfriend to throw a seance party for his son Johnatans' company.. to launch a new 4-D product that will change the world. The catch? They want it held at the Winchester Mystery House!
During the party, the guy operating the 4-D projector ends up dead, and Johnathans fingerprints all over the murder weapon. With the guest list a mile long there More...
Mar 08, 2011
Jeannie
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Penny Warner's "How to Survive a Killer Seance" is a winner for interesting murder mysteries set in unique situations. This time it was the famous "Winchester Mystery House" in San Jose, CA.
If you like strong sleuths, Presley Parker, interesting jobs-Event Planner, and laughing out loud humor, well this book is for you. Oh, and I forgot...high technology concepts- 4D?
Every character is special and sharply defined. Each book leads you through a maze so tha More...
If you like strong sleuths, Presley Parker, interesting jobs-Event Planner, and laughing out loud humor, well this book is for you. Oh, and I forgot...high technology concepts- 4D?
Every character is special and sharply defined. Each book leads you through a maze so tha More...
Nov 08, 2011
Sarah
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I've lived in the Bay Area now for 12 years. The one place I want to go and haven't yet is The Winchester Mystery House. It is the setting for the third of the Party Planner books, How to Survive a Killer Seance by Penny Warner.
Presley Parker's latest client is the CEO of a tech company with a new 4D technology, something like a fully realized hologram. To launch the new product, he wants Presley to put on a seance where Sarah Winchester will materialize (and thus show off the new te More...
Presley Parker's latest client is the CEO of a tech company with a new 4D technology, something like a fully realized hologram. To launch the new product, he wants Presley to put on a seance where Sarah Winchester will materialize (and thus show off the new te More...
May 19, 2011
Gaby
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How to Survive a Killer Seance is the third book of this series, and I was dying to read it. This time, Presley is almost obligated to plan a party for Jonathan Ellington at the Winchester Mystery House, but of course, nothing goes as planned.
Dead and infidelity are the protagonists in this story, and Presley is going to be in the middle of it. As always, she starts to investigate who is the possible murderer, which was More...
How to Survive a Killer Seance is the third book of this series, and I was dying to read it. This time, Presley is almost obligated to plan a party for Jonathan Ellington at the Winchester Mystery House, but of course, nothing goes as planned.
Dead and infidelity are the protagonists in this story, and Presley is going to be in the middle of it. As always, she starts to investigate who is the possible murderer, which was More...
Jun 29, 2011
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This is the 3rd book featuring Presley Parker and it was quite good. I have had the opportunity to visit the Winchester Mystery House (well worth the visit), and it was a lot of fun "revisiting" through the book. I didn't think the mystery was as well developed as the previous books - it seemed more guesswork than deduction. Also, Presley's friends didn't seem to be in this book as much as in the first two books. Over More...
This is the 3rd book featuring Presley Parker and it was quite good. I have had the opportunity to visit the Winchester Mystery House (well worth the visit), and it was a lot of fun "revisiting" through the book. I didn't think the mystery was as well developed as the previous books - it seemed more guesswork than deduction. Also, Presley's friends didn't seem to be in this book as much as in the first two books. Over More...
Jun 01, 2011
Brittle
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This book was cute. It's a good easy read mystery that you can finish on a plane ride or just a night when you've got some time to kill. It's not as spooky as it sounds, the main character, Presley Parker, throws a "haunted" party to show off a company's new 4D contraption that makes the image look like an actual person standing in the room with you. Of course things go wrong, people start dying, and she's on the case to find the killer. Not the literary sensation of the century, but d
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Mar 09, 2011
Mark
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Event planner Presley Parker is hired for a seance themed party at the Winchester Mystery House. But part way through, the "ghost" goes off script. Next thing she knows, the host is missing and a body has turned up. I really like the characters, but plot could have used a bit more polish. It dragged in a few places, and the ending felt rushed.
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Jun 03, 2011
Susan
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Presley Parker is used to planning parties--but a seance at the famed, possibly haunted Winchester Mystery House? When someone dies during the party, and the host, a suspect, disappears, Presley finds herself trying to uncover someone using a ghost as cover.
Nov 02, 2011
Natasha
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I love the party planning tips in the beginning of each chapter but the mystery part is not enough to satisfy the inner detective in me. The mystery is very quickly solved by our dear Presley Parker; event planner/amateur detective extraordinaire that I couldn't help but wonder where the action is.
Sep 04, 2011
Regan
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I love this series! And she's prompted me to go to the Winchester Mystery house this Halloween.
Apr 10, 2011
Melodie
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3rd in the series and the best so far. Looking forward to the next one!
Mar 30, 2011
Gail
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so much fun already and I'm only on page 29 - love how she uses her relative's names as characters - a really fun read and surprise ending
Feb 19, 2012
Karen
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Not the best in the series so far but the use of the Winchester house makes this an intriguing story.
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