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Person of Interest
(A Celeste Eagan Mystery #1)
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Just last week, I was a regular single mom and drama teacher at Peytonville Prep with a semi-normal life. The only real drama I had to deal with involved my football-coach ex and his hussy girlfriend. And maybe deciding if I should take that full-time principal/actress job at the local playhouse.
Everything changed when I discovered my boss hanging in his office. The suicid ...more
Everything changed when I discovered my boss hanging in his office. The suicid ...more
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This book really checks a LOT of my favorite (mystery) boxes. Lovely lady sleuth (check), great story (check), funny (check), hot yummy detective (double check). A new favorite for sure. This is the first Emery Harper book I read.
Celeste lives with her daughter Paige after her divorce from Colin. They both work at a prestigious school, she a theater teacher and he a coach, although the fact Colin's girlfriend Naomi works there as well is not too great. When the principal Chad is found dead - by ...more
Celeste lives with her daughter Paige after her divorce from Colin. They both work at a prestigious school, she a theater teacher and he a coach, although the fact Colin's girlfriend Naomi works there as well is not too great. When the principal Chad is found dead - by ...more
Un livre que j’ai choisi par curiosité suite aux premiers échos et qui est une très bonne et agréable surprise…
Je lis assez peu de romans policiers ou à suspense, mais de temps en temps j’aime bien un petit romantic suspense ou juste un petit policier avec une bonne intrigue et plein d’humour… Et c’est exactement ce que j’ai trouvé avec Céleste Eagan.
Céleste est professeur d’art dramatique dans un collège privé et actrice à ses heures. Par un mauvais concours de circonstances, c’est elle qui déc ...more
Je lis assez peu de romans policiers ou à suspense, mais de temps en temps j’aime bien un petit romantic suspense ou juste un petit policier avec une bonne intrigue et plein d’humour… Et c’est exactement ce que j’ai trouvé avec Céleste Eagan.
Céleste est professeur d’art dramatique dans un collège privé et actrice à ses heures. Par un mauvais concours de circonstances, c’est elle qui déc ...more
This first in a new series is terrific. Celeste Eagan is a theater teacher at a prep school and works with her ex-husband and his new girlfriend. It seems Celeste can't escape from the drama and when her ex asks her to approach the principal on his girlfriend's behalf, Celeste sees no easy way to deny the favor.
Unfortunately for Celeste things go from bad to worse when she finds the principal dead in his office.
Celeste can't believe Chad is dead and even worse that the hunky detective thinks she ...more
Unfortunately for Celeste things go from bad to worse when she finds the principal dead in his office.
Celeste can't believe Chad is dead and even worse that the hunky detective thinks she ...more
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My English review
Je ne connaissais pas du tout le roman ou l’auteure avant de me plonger dans Suspecte Malgré Elle. J’ai toujours bien aimé les romans de ce type même si c’est vrai que je n’en lis pas tant que ça parce que l’histoire de base est assez commune. Pourtant, c’est toujours sympa d’avoir une histoire légère.
Celeste vit avec sa fille Paige qui alterne entre elle et son ex-mari, avec qui elle travaille toujours d’ailleurs, en tant que professeur de théâtre. Mais voil ...more
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Je ne connaissais pas du tout le roman ou l’auteure avant de me plonger dans Suspecte Malgré Elle. J’ai toujours bien aimé les romans de ce type même si c’est vrai que je n’en lis pas tant que ça parce que l’histoire de base est assez commune. Pourtant, c’est toujours sympa d’avoir une histoire légère.
Celeste vit avec sa fille Paige qui alterne entre elle et son ex-mari, avec qui elle travaille toujours d’ailleurs, en tant que professeur de théâtre. Mais voil ...more
exactly what i wanted it to be : cute romance, interesting characters, good mystery plot... yeah, it was really good.
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Expected publication: August 29th 2016 by Carina Press
ASIN B01EF1HDT0
Edition Language English
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Just last week, I was a regular single mom and drama teacher at Peytonville Prep with a semi-normal life. The only real drama I had to deal with involved my football-coach ex and his hussy girlfriend. And maybe deciding if I should take that full-ti ...more
ebook
Expected publication: August 29th 2016 by Carina Press
ASIN B01EF1HDT0
Edition Language English
Other Editions None found
Source:[EArc from Carina Press in exchange for honest review]
Book Buy Links
”>Amazon
B&N
BOOK SYNOPSIS
Just last week, I was a regular single mom and drama teacher at Peytonville Prep with a semi-normal life. The only real drama I had to deal with involved my football-coach ex and his hussy girlfriend. And maybe deciding if I should take that full-ti ...more
I'm pretty sure that if someone were trying to kill me, I'd be a lot more gracious to my protector than Celeste was toward Shaw!
When teacher Celeste Eagan finds the school principal hanging in his office, it starts a ball rolling that she never expected. Now, dealing with the overzealous (and totally sexy) Detective Shaw Muldoon, trying to keep herself out of jail (again), sneaking around looking for suspects and ensuring her girls look perky whenever the good detective is around, Celeste has h ...more
When teacher Celeste Eagan finds the school principal hanging in his office, it starts a ball rolling that she never expected. Now, dealing with the overzealous (and totally sexy) Detective Shaw Muldoon, trying to keep herself out of jail (again), sneaking around looking for suspects and ensuring her girls look perky whenever the good detective is around, Celeste has h ...more
I have to admit I liked this one. It might have had a tiny bit to do with the hunky, conflicted detective who falls into Celeste's orbit. Maybe. Or it might have been the way Celeste stumbles her way into trouble without really trying. I don't know. Either way, I ended up liking this book quite a bit and want to see Shaw and Celeste snuggle up once the smoke clears.
Not literal smoke, just so you know. Well, except for that one time. But, really, who could have predicted THAT happening?
Anyway. L ...more
Not literal smoke, just so you know. Well, except for that one time. But, really, who could have predicted THAT happening?
Anyway. L ...more
I read through this book very quickly. I became engrossed in the story of Celeste, a single mom working as a theatre teacher at a private school. She arrives early one morning to discover a dead body, and becomes very tangled up in the ensuing police investigation. She ends up drawing all the wrong (and right) attention for it.
I really enjoyed reading Person of Interest. Celeste’s narration reads just like the way you’d expect her to talk. It was relatable, and flowed easily. At times she inter ...more
I really enjoyed reading Person of Interest. Celeste’s narration reads just like the way you’d expect her to talk. It was relatable, and flowed easily. At times she inter ...more
Fun, quirky mystery with an unintentional PoI (Person of Interest) in Celeste, a drama teacher/single mom/all around good egg with a fun sense of adventure and a smoking/ sultry by-the-books cop who is trying to figure out who killed Celeste's Principal. Bonus: awesome best friend in Levi and acknowledgement that when you fall down a flight of stairs, you actually get hurt :-). Engaging, well paced and a fun read all round.
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Person of Interest is the first in the Celeste Eagan series by Harper Emery. A thoroughly enjoyable mystery with a cast of characters that you'll love. Celeste becomes the person of interest in her boss's murder. Of course, she'll need to clear her name with the he help of her best friend Levi. Add one sexy detective and you'll be quickly turning the pages. I'm looking forward to more mysteries with Celeste and the gang.
*ARC provided by NetGalley for an honest review. ...more
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L'histoire n'est pas très crédible mais c'est rigolo et l'héroïne est attachante. Je lirai certainement le tome 2 s'il est édité en français.
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Oct 19, 2017
LLyza / Rosa
rated it
it was amazing
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romance-suspens
C'est le livre que j'attendais ce mois-ci chez MxM Bookmark, le résumé annonce clairement la couleur : aventure, humour, peps, feelgood... Il a été à la hauteur de mes attentes, c'était génial ! J'ai adoré ma lecture. J'ai eu un mal fou à le lâcher... il m'a tenue éveillée très tard dans ma nuit et pendant ma journée, j'ai un peu délaissé le boulot. #pardonchef
Céleste est un personnage féminin fantastique, elle a une personnalité rayonnante et un brin excentrique... en étant prof de théâtre peut ...more
Céleste est un personnage féminin fantastique, elle a une personnalité rayonnante et un brin excentrique... en étant prof de théâtre peut ...more
The author writes well. Offbeat sarcasm. The reasons I only gave this a three is that #1 it's supposed to be a mystery, not some too hot to trot comedy. Only my opinion. #2 When the main character is supposedly a person of interest, and the ex is taken in for questioning you do not realistically have the cop, the person of interest, the ex, and his new significant other all sitting around the table together like a tea party listening to one another's versions, the two validating each other. Ok,
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Je sors de cette lecture complètement conquise, c'est un vrai coup de cœur dans le genre de la chick-lit. L'histoire est simple et efficace, l'écriture de l'auteure accrocheuse et fluide. Céleste est un personnage que j'ai adoré découvrir et voir évoluer. Elle est une femme forte, intelligente et terriblement hilarante. L’inspecteur Muldoon est lui aussi un personnage vraiment attachant, d'autant qu'il est toujours aux côtés de Céleste quand elle a besoin de lui. Les personnages secondaires sont
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Emery Harper nous offre une histoire divertissante. Même si nous avons une idée de la manière dont va se dérouler l’intrigue, sans connaître l’auteur exact du crime, j’ai apprécié me plonger dans le récit et découvrir la personnalité si vivante de Céleste. Une lecture efficace et légère dont j’espère pouvoir lire la suite rapidement.
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Feb 27, 2018
LaCath
rated it
really liked it
Shelves:
comedy,
family-bonds,
mystery,
recommanded-to-me,
sweet-heroin,
swoonworthy-hero,
side-romance
To be honest, I guessed the culprit and (almost) the motive at two thirs of the book.
But that's not what's important here.
I'll admit it's not great litterature by far. But it's better : it's a cute, fun, nice book that will help you disconnect and have a good time. Plus the heroin is endearing, her smart kid adorable and her interactions avec Detective Sexy both fun and teasing.
What else ?
3.75 stars ...more
But that's not what's important here.
I'll admit it's not great litterature by far. But it's better : it's a cute, fun, nice book that will help you disconnect and have a good time. Plus the heroin is endearing, her smart kid adorable and her interactions avec Detective Sexy both fun and teasing.
What else ?
3.75 stars ...more
Liked this book, but it could have been better. It was funny and moved fairly quickly after the first few chapters. I would have given it another star of there had been less bad language a great completely unrealistic scenes. The scene where the cop broke into her bathroom would not have happened and it made Shaw an otherwise really cool character come across as a creepy perve.
Gros coup de coeur pour ce livre, je ne pensais pas aimé autant un livre qui lie romance avec enquête mais autant dire que j'ai adoré et hâte que le tome 2 soit traduit en français. Ce livre m'a complètement transporté dans leur monde et j'avais envie de mener l'enquête avec eux.
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cute, short, a bit ridiculous
J'ai beaucoup aimé et rigolé. Celeste a un franc parler qui fait sourire voir parfois bien rire.
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Romantic Suspense is one of my favorite sub-genres in romance and is one that can be very difficult to do well. Emery Harper has entered that select group of credible suspense writers with her début novel, Person of Interest. A murder mystery served up with a dose of humor and a realistic hero who doesn’t pace through the book rattling the alpha cage is a refreshing addition to the suspense/mystery category.
Celeste Eagan is a dra ...more
Romantic Suspense is one of my favorite sub-genres in romance and is one that can be very difficult to do well. Emery Harper has entered that select group of credible suspense writers with her début novel, Person of Interest. A murder mystery served up with a dose of humor and a realistic hero who doesn’t pace through the book rattling the alpha cage is a refreshing addition to the suspense/mystery category.
Celeste Eagan is a dra ...more
L’histoire est bien ficelée. Elle est simple et efficace tout en étant pleine de mystère et de rebondissements.
Céleste Eagan, simple professeur de théâtre au lycée se retrouve bien malgré elle, au centre d’une enquête pour meurtre. En effet, alors qu’elle se rend dans le bureau du Directeur de l’établissement, elle retrouve ce dernier pendu. Son ex-mari, professeur de sport dans le même établissement, brille par son absence le jour de cette découverte. Il est alors le premier suspecté par les a ...more
Céleste Eagan, simple professeur de théâtre au lycée se retrouve bien malgré elle, au centre d’une enquête pour meurtre. En effet, alors qu’elle se rend dans le bureau du Directeur de l’établissement, elle retrouve ce dernier pendu. Son ex-mari, professeur de sport dans le même établissement, brille par son absence le jour de cette découverte. Il est alors le premier suspecté par les a ...more
I am not normally a mystery reader. I prefer stories that have fur or fangs. Still, occasionally I will wander out of my comfort zone if a book catches my attention. At the time Person of Interest came to my attention, there was no cover. I had to base my ‘will I/won’t I’ solely off the blurb. So let’s see, single mom who is a teacher, ex-hubs (teacher) is with a hussy (probably also a teacher), finds her boss dead (interest is perked), attractive uptight Detective (definitely interested), jail,
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"Can you honestly tell me you'd go into a police interview without a lawyer present?"
Person of Interest - is a cozy mystery story that has you guessing until the end. Celeste is one step away from being sucked up by quick sand. If you think your day is bad, just imagine hers. No matter how hard she tries to prove her innocence, something goes wrong and more fingers point to her. She is the talk of the town but not in a good way. People just love rumors
Celeste is a divorce mom, theater teacher a ...more
Person of Interest - is a cozy mystery story that has you guessing until the end. Celeste is one step away from being sucked up by quick sand. If you think your day is bad, just imagine hers. No matter how hard she tries to prove her innocence, something goes wrong and more fingers point to her. She is the talk of the town but not in a good way. People just love rumors
Celeste is a divorce mom, theater teacher a ...more
Person of Interest by Emery Harper was an enjoyable mystery with a great cast of characters. Celeste is smart and funny and way in over her head when she becomes a "person of interest" in the murder of her boss. Detective Shaw Muldoon is handsome and a "by the book" policeman assigned to the case. Although the sparks fly between them, there is the small matter of her being an integral part of the investigation.
The plot was smoothly paced and the characters were all likable and well developed. I ...more
The plot was smoothly paced and the characters were all likable and well developed. I ...more
This is a great book; this book this the first book in the Celeste Eagan Mystery series written by Emery Harper. Celeste Eagan is a single mom and a prep school drama teacher at Peytonville Prep school. When she finds her boss hanging in his office and it turns out to be murder instead of a suicide. When Celeste’s ex suddenly disappears she decides to put her sleuthing skills to the test to find out what is really going on. This is a great book with a wonderful story and well developed character
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Person of Interest was such a great book. There was mystery mixed with a little bit of romance along with some great characters. Celeste is a normal women who is thrust into an abnormal situation after her boss is found dead. She somehow found her way into every step of the investigation and I loved how Ms. Harper kept me guessing whodunit until the very end!
The chemistry between Celeste and Shaw was palpable and I'm excited to see how their relationship develops in the other books. Though her b ...more
The chemistry between Celeste and Shaw was palpable and I'm excited to see how their relationship develops in the other books. Though her b ...more
I'm a fan of cotton candy crime novels, but this one was rougher than most. The voice more than anything kept throwing me out of the story -- it felt fake, contrived in a way that I could never push past. Too many thankyouverymuchs and 'take my word for it's with very little else to establish a character. Despite a similar love of theater, I could not find a single aspect of Celeste or her life that felt genuine, even (especially) her reactions to traumatic events.
Also, reading that much intern ...more
Also, reading that much intern ...more
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