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Dade Cooley #3
A Cup of Death
Dade Cooley and his wife Ellen leave their San Francisco home to attend the Los Angeles funeral of their friend, classics professor Paul Van Damm. Van Damm was murdered on the very day he and his wife, Greek actress Sophie Galanos, returned from a vacation in Europe. Accused is Manuel Garcia, son of the Van Damms' housekeeper Luisa, and the motive is a piece of costume jewelry brought back from Greece is missing. When Luisa asks Dade, a frequent quest at her late employer's home, to represent her son, he agrees. What ensues is a delightful, twisting investigation.
Mass Market Paperback
Published December 13, 1988
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July 13, 2025
This was part of a bundle I purchased called THE COMPLETE DADE COOLEY SERIES BOOKS 1-3.
Parts of this story were engaging, but as with the first two in the series, this author throws so many villains at you. Then when you come to the ending, he has all of the villains with motives, and it becomes to weighed down. You need a score sheet to try and make sense of it all.
Cheating off page, no cliffhanger, and an ending, I'm still not sure of. Crude words and Lord's name using in vain a lot. Editing issues too.
I can't improve on the blurb, just giving you extra tidbits to decide whether to purchase. This is a clean story and a standalone. (ljb)
Parts of this story were engaging, but as with the first two in the series, this author throws so many villains at you. Then when you come to the ending, he has all of the villains with motives, and it becomes to weighed down. You need a score sheet to try and make sense of it all.
Cheating off page, no cliffhanger, and an ending, I'm still not sure of. Crude words and Lord's name using in vain a lot. Editing issues too.
I can't improve on the blurb, just giving you extra tidbits to decide whether to purchase. This is a clean story and a standalone. (ljb)
October 19, 2022
A very fast paced murder mystery, was quite difficult to put this one down. Some fun characters and scenarios. However I was personally very disappointed in the ending. It seemed a great let down and it just didn't match the rest of an otherwise great novel that had the potential to be an excellent perplex mystery.
August 14, 2021
Mesmerising
A most unusual story, absorbing and perplexing. My subconscious ran this as a black and white movie, part Bogart, part history lesson and part Marx Brothers. The dialogue is superb with hidden hilarity. Once I got to grips with the style it was hugely enjoyable.
A most unusual story, absorbing and perplexing. My subconscious ran this as a black and white movie, part Bogart, part history lesson and part Marx Brothers. The dialogue is superb with hidden hilarity. Once I got to grips with the style it was hugely enjoyable.
June 30, 2023
Got this in a book trade. Finished it, but was nothing that I would want to read again.
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews