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Wicked Women
Murder in the Hamptons
Maggie Harding has a few rules for living. Order, control, and carefully checked-off to-do lists equal a safe life. Safe is good. What's not good is, oh, hmmm, maybe having a wild, passionate, naked pizza-eating weekend fling with Tyler Brody, the kind of guy who leaves a girl shaken and stirred, deep down. Bad. Bad, bad, bad. What to do? Run away. Constraint is better than chaos. Right? So what's that same girl to do when she runs into the guy five years later at a big Hampton's bash, and he's staring at her with that naughty, right-here-right-now grin, while she's trying not to make an idiot of herself in front of lots of rich people and "It" list Hollywood stars? Make another run for it. Except that she can't. Because somebody's dead on the lawn and "house party" has just become "house arrest." The only way out of this insanity is for Maggie to find the murderer herself, even if the biggest mystery is why she ever believed that saying good-bye to Tyler was the right thing to do...
282 pages, Paperback
First published May 3, 2005
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About the author
Amy Garvey
13 books268 followersI've always been a reader. I've also been a movie theater ticket taker, a nanny, a camp counselor, and a romance editor. Now I'm a mom and a writer who still spends most of my free time reading (when I'm not watching too much TV).
After starting off in romance with books like Hot Date and Pictures of Us, I'm writing in the genre I've always loved most, young adult fiction. (My very first completed novel, which will live forever under my bed, was a young adult novel!) Cold Kiss will be available from HarperTeen in September 2011.
After starting off in romance with books like Hot Date and Pictures of Us, I'm writing in the genre I've always loved most, young adult fiction. (My very first completed novel, which will live forever under my bed, was a young adult novel!) Cold Kiss will be available from HarperTeen in September 2011.
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July 5, 2022
A lady goes to a party in The Hamptons for a movie stars comeback. The star is murdered tout suite. The police require all the party goers to stay at the mansion.
I was hoping a lot more of the characters would get murdered.
I was hoping a lot more of the characters would get murdered.
March 25, 2009
The premise made it sound as a cool, murder-being-solved-by-hero-heroine-while-romancing-around-in-the-likes-of-a-contempory-movie but didn't really live upto it.
December 11, 2017
Het lijkt alsof je meedoet met een moordspel (zo’n rollenspel), maar dan met een vleug romantiek. Je weet hetzelfde als 1 persoon, er is een moord gepleegd en de rest van de gasten zijn verdacht.
Leuk om te lezen.
Leuk om te lezen.
April 21, 2024
The premise of this book was exciting, however it didn't live up to the description. It could have been a "Clue" murder like mystery, but there was no suspense between the cast of characters. The main characters seemed to be more focused on rekindling their fling and consumed much of the story. Just didn't hold much mystery or excitement.
April 27, 2020
Dit boek was me te saai. Niet boeiend. Na bijna 100 blz weg er mee.
January 28, 2023
Heerlijk leesbaar. Veel sex, ook prima.
January 30, 2008
I ended up with this book in the TBR pile quite by accident. I meant to send it to a fellow trader but when I bought it at Amazon I ordered it sent to me by mystake. It was more expensive to send it back so I just got her another copy and kept this one.
Now I wanted to trade it but decided to read it before sending it out. I didn’t actively disliked it but I didn’t like it either.
Maggie Harding has a few rules for living. Order, control and carefully checked-off-to-do-lists equal a safe life. Safe is good. What's not good is, oh hmm maybe having a wild passionate, naked pizza-eating weekend fling with Tyler Brody the kind of guy that leaves a girl shaken and stirred deep down. Bad. Bad. Bad. What to do? Run away. Constraint is better than chaos! Right? So what's that same girl to do when she runs into the guy five years later at a big Hamptons bash. And he is staring at her with that naughty, right-here-right-now grin, while she is trying not to make a idiot of herself in front of lots of rich people and "It" list Hollywood stars? Make another run for it. Except that she can't. because somebody's dead on the lawn and "house party" has just become "house arrest". The only way out of this insanity is for Maggie to find the murdere herself, even if the biggest mystery is why she ever believed that saying bye to Tyler was the right thing...
Maggie plans to spend the weekend helping her friend Lucy organising a party at an exclusive home in the Hamptons. When she gets there she finds Tyler with whom she had a weekend of wild sex 5 years ago.
I never could understand what Tyler saw in Maggie, or why she run away 5 years ago. After a while it seemed they spent all their time in bed and none talking. Besides Tyler seemed like a really nice person and I really couldn’t understand why Maggie kept trying to avoid him, either 5 years ago or today, he didn't seem the "love them and leave them" kind of guy that would hurt her.
The action is further complicated by a murder of a famous movie star. I had a problem with the suspense part too. After the murder happened I had a difficult time trying to figure out why were the characters behaving like they did. The strongest part ended up being that last one when the character’s connection to the victim is explained and we find out the dirty secrets of most of them. The killer was a surprise but I had lost interest by then. I felt it had a lot of potencial, it was advertised as a whodunit and I’ve been really into those but in the end it fell short of my expectations.
Grade: C
Now I wanted to trade it but decided to read it before sending it out. I didn’t actively disliked it but I didn’t like it either.
Maggie Harding has a few rules for living. Order, control and carefully checked-off-to-do-lists equal a safe life. Safe is good. What's not good is, oh hmm maybe having a wild passionate, naked pizza-eating weekend fling with Tyler Brody the kind of guy that leaves a girl shaken and stirred deep down. Bad. Bad. Bad. What to do? Run away. Constraint is better than chaos! Right? So what's that same girl to do when she runs into the guy five years later at a big Hamptons bash. And he is staring at her with that naughty, right-here-right-now grin, while she is trying not to make a idiot of herself in front of lots of rich people and "It" list Hollywood stars? Make another run for it. Except that she can't. because somebody's dead on the lawn and "house party" has just become "house arrest". The only way out of this insanity is for Maggie to find the murdere herself, even if the biggest mystery is why she ever believed that saying bye to Tyler was the right thing...
Maggie plans to spend the weekend helping her friend Lucy organising a party at an exclusive home in the Hamptons. When she gets there she finds Tyler with whom she had a weekend of wild sex 5 years ago.
I never could understand what Tyler saw in Maggie, or why she run away 5 years ago. After a while it seemed they spent all their time in bed and none talking. Besides Tyler seemed like a really nice person and I really couldn’t understand why Maggie kept trying to avoid him, either 5 years ago or today, he didn't seem the "love them and leave them" kind of guy that would hurt her.
The action is further complicated by a murder of a famous movie star. I had a problem with the suspense part too. After the murder happened I had a difficult time trying to figure out why were the characters behaving like they did. The strongest part ended up being that last one when the character’s connection to the victim is explained and we find out the dirty secrets of most of them. The killer was a surprise but I had lost interest by then. I felt it had a lot of potencial, it was advertised as a whodunit and I’ve been really into those but in the end it fell short of my expectations.
Grade: C
December 15, 2009
Buying the book I thought I was purchasing a classic murder mystery only to find the wording 'A 'Wicked' Woman Whodunnit Romance'. The book loses nothing for this romantic tag but there is rather a lot of steamy sex scenes in it (and again it loses nothing for this!) to go along with the murder that takes place over a weekend party at the Hamptons.
Maggie Harding, the main character, finds herself with a dilemma when she meets up with a former beau and she once again finds herself attracted to him. They are forced to spend time together once the murder is discovered and the police keep everybody housebound.
The relationship develops as does the plot that involves folk from the film industry, directors, producers and actors, who were set to enjoy themselves at the party. A lot of bitchiness creeps in and the perpetrator of the crime is a complete mystery, although there are plenty of suspects a la Agatha Christie.
All is finally revealed and Maggie's relationship with Tyler Brody ... no, read it and see! You'll enjoy it!
Maggie Harding, the main character, finds herself with a dilemma when she meets up with a former beau and she once again finds herself attracted to him. They are forced to spend time together once the murder is discovered and the police keep everybody housebound.
The relationship develops as does the plot that involves folk from the film industry, directors, producers and actors, who were set to enjoy themselves at the party. A lot of bitchiness creeps in and the perpetrator of the crime is a complete mystery, although there are plenty of suspects a la Agatha Christie.
All is finally revealed and Maggie's relationship with Tyler Brody ... no, read it and see! You'll enjoy it!
April 20, 2015
this book was very well written but ended up just being confusing. i expected an exciting murder mystery but was given a romance novel with a murder squished into the empty spaces. not bad but also not a standout.
September 14, 2011
a nice entertaining read.
October 17, 2012
Very predictable.
August 9, 2014
great book, like the game clue.. all these people stuck in one house, famous and a murder too.. oh and a who sleeping with who..lol
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June 25, 2016Good fun but silly overall and quite difficult to follow the plot
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