The Soap Opera Slaughters

Hilary Quayle Mysteries #5

by Marvin Kaye

The plot of the popular daytime soap opera "Riverday" was melodramatic to be sure, but, as detective Hilary Quayle and her sometime lover Gene discover, it's not nearly, as tangled - or as deadly - as the drama its stars are acting out in real life.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Marvin Nathan Kaye was an American mystery, fantasy, science fiction, horror author, anthologist, and editor. He was also a magician and theater actor. Kaye was a World Fantasy Award winner and served as co-publisher and editor of Weird Tales Magazine.

Reviews

[Barry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent murder mystery. Gene is the lead character with Hilary Quayle playing a secondary role. Main problem with this book is that it left so many situations unresolved.

[Timothy Ellis · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wanted it to be campy-er

[Marley · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this book in my neighbor's trash--or next to it is more like it. I hate to see books thrown away so I rescued it. Soaps and murder are two of my favorite subjects so it looked interesting anyway.

Hardly a great mystery, but passable. Since it was written 30 years ago, it's dated in some respects, but I did enjoy reading about how the studio and sound stage is set up. It fell right in line with how things looked when Guiding Light taped at the CBS studio when Harley was hiding in it. I had the book figured out very early on, but not exactly how it would all play out. The end was convoluted and jammed up.