A review by holtfan
Naked Once More by Barbara Mertz, Elizabeth Peters
4.0
Jacqueline Kirby isn't a universal favorite amongst Elizabeth Peters readers but I absolutely adore her, especially now that she is firmly in the driver's seat as the main character.
Having published her tongue-in-cheek romance novel to rave reviews, the ex-librarian now gets the chance to complete the sequel for a wildly popular novel whose author disappeared 7 years earlier. Except the more she looks into it, the more suspicious the disappearance appears...
While I personally enjoyed [b:Die for Love|66506|Die for Love (Jacqueline Kirby, #3)|Elizabeth Peters|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1391231838l/66506._SY75_.jpg|1674960] more, this was a better mystery. Jacqueline spends less time protesting that she doesn't know why people confide their life stories to her and more time sleuthing. At least one of the twists is fairly obvious, but it is fun seeing everything come together.
I'd definitely recommend this series to mystery lovers with a taste for '80s throwback, the use of a word processor alone should leave you grinning.
You can skip the first two books in the series without much loss but this one won't make as much sense if you don't read Die for Love first. Well, you can probably get away without reading Die for Love first, because honestly this book rehashes the important bits, but you'll have missed out.
Having published her tongue-in-cheek romance novel to rave reviews, the ex-librarian now gets the chance to complete the sequel for a wildly popular novel whose author disappeared 7 years earlier. Except the more she looks into it, the more suspicious the disappearance appears...
While I personally enjoyed [b:Die for Love|66506|Die for Love (Jacqueline Kirby, #3)|Elizabeth Peters|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1391231838l/66506._SY75_.jpg|1674960] more, this was a better mystery. Jacqueline spends less time protesting that she doesn't know why people confide their life stories to her and more time sleuthing. At least one of the twists is fairly obvious, but it is fun seeing everything come together.
I'd definitely recommend this series to mystery lovers with a taste for '80s throwback, the use of a word processor alone should leave you grinning.
You can skip the first two books in the series without much loss but this one won't make as much sense if you don't read Die for Love first. Well, you can probably get away without reading Die for Love first, because honestly this book rehashes the important bits, but you'll have missed out.