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Mary Jane Maffini

Autor/a de Organize Your Corpses

17+ obres 1,013 Membres 53 Ressenyes 2 preferits

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Mary Jane Maffini is the author of several cozy mystery series including Charlotte Adams Mystery Series, Camilla MacPhee Mystery Series, and Fiona Silk Mystery Series. Following a career as a librarian she became co-owner of her favorite bookstore, Prime Crime Mystery Books. Her latest Charlotte mostra'n més Adams book "The Busy Woman's Guide to Murder" won the 2012 RT Award for Best amateur Sleuth. Her short fiction has won three Arthur Ellis awards and an Agatha. Mary Jane is a member as well as a former President of Crime Writers of Canada and a former board of directors of the Canadian Booksellers Association. She is a member of Capital Crime Writers and the Ladies Killing Circle. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys

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Obres de Mary Jane Maffini

Obres associades

The Sayers Swindle (2013) — real name of the co-author, algunes edicions193 exemplars
Death Dines In (2004) — Col·laborador — 88 exemplars
The Cozy Chicks Kitchen (2012) — Col·laborador — 21 exemplars
The Penguin Book of Crime Stories (2007) — Col·laborador — 17 exemplars
Menopause Is Murder (1995) — Col·laborador — 13 exemplars
Bone Dance (2003) — Col·laborador — 9 exemplars
When Boomers Go Bad (2005) — Col·laborador — 7 exemplars

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Nom normalitzat
Maffini, Mary Jane
Data de naixement
1947
Gènere
female
Nacionalitat
Canada
Llocs de residència
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Educació
Dalhousie University (B.A.)
Dalhousie University (M.L.S.)
Professions
librarian
mystery book store owner
Relacions
Cameron, Victoria (daughter)
Organitzacions
Crime Writers of Canada (former president)
Canadian Booksellers Association (former board member)
Ladies' Killing Circle
Biografia breu
She was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, and has her BA (Hons) and MLS from Dalhousie University. After a career in libraries such as The Brewers' Association of Canada, Statistics Canada, the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, and a wonderful ride as a co-owner of Prime Crime Mystery Bookstore, she has settled into a life of crime, surrounded by her two miniature dachshunds, the ghost of her beloved Corgoid Smudge, and her long-suffering husband. She's a former President of Crime Writers of Canada, and a former member of the board of directors of the Canadian Booksellers Association. She's a frequent speaker on writing mysteries and on the importance of Canadian crime fiction. In real life, although she is a member of the Ladies' Killing Circle, she has never killed anyone.

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I've been brave in the past few years and have begun jumping midstream into mystery series with generally favorable results, but after reading You Light Up My Death, I would not suggest doing that with this one. With no former knowledge of Camilla MacPhee and her fiancé Ray Deveau, I found myself thoroughly disgusted with Ray's behavior, and not too fond of Camilla either. But I soldiered on because I trust Mary Jane Maffini, and once I was able to overcome my lack of series familiarity, Maffini delivered as I knew she would.

Maffini made me want to travel the Cabot Trail (under better weather conditions), and the helpfulness of the area's residents reminded me of the area where I grew up. Camilla's wacky relatives, Donald Donnie and Auntie Annie chief among them, made me laugh, and the mysteries surrounding Camilla's mother and Ray's disappearance kept my little grey cells busy. If only the book's title didn't constantly remind me of an earworm from decades past!

Did my rocky beginning with Camilla MacPhee sound a death knell to the entire series? No. Mary Jane Maffini saved the day, as I knew she would, and I have a feeling that Camilla and I will meet again.
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cathyskye | Dec 26, 2022 |
Charlotte Adams, organizer extraordinaire, has her life on a well-tuned schedule, so when her mother fails to call for their usual Tuesday chat, she is concerned. Trying every way she can to contact her Mom, worry creeps in and is not abated when her home is invaded and torn apart as if someone was searching for something. The reader is treated to the backstory of Charlotte's childhood relating to her father's death and why she and mother were on the run. So when things get a bit dangerous, Charlotte and Jack escape to Europe trying to find her mother and figure out what is going on.

I loved this story and the characters that were revealed from Charlotte's past. Charlotte even was organized enough to have disguises , fake passports and burner phones!
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cyderry | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Sep 12, 2022 |
I've been a fan of Mary Jane Maffini's Charlotte Adams cozy series since I picked up the first book, Organize Your Corpses-- and it's not just because I love to organize things, too. I was sad when the series stopped at the fifth book, but I soon got caught up with a series that Maffini co-wrote with her daughter. When that series ended, I was left in limbo. Imagine my delight when I learned of Death Plans a Perfect Trip!

It was great to be reunited with Charlotte and her significant other, Jack, who runs a cycle shop called CYCotics (love that name). I also liked the fact that Maffini's book is edgier than the usual cozy, the danger more palpable and scarier, without actually "crossing the line." Charlotte and her mother's backstory is quite an interesting one, and I enjoyed watching all the bits and pieces Charlotte discovers coming together. The scenes set in places like Lisbon, Portugal made me feel as though I were walking the streets with Charlotte. As always in this series, rescue dachshunds Truffle and Sweet Marie make their adorable appearance, although they did have to be left behind when Charlotte traveled to Europe.

If you're in need of a new cozy series and haven't made the acquaintance of Mary Jane Maffini's Charlotte Adams, I recommend that you do so. And if you get a chance, the cozy series she co-wrote with her daughter under the name Victoria Abbott is an absolute delight. (The first book in the Book Collector series is The Christie Curse.) You have some good reading ahead of you!
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cathyskye | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Aug 13, 2022 |
Charlotte Adams has gotten herself in enough pickles that the 911 operator, Mona, recognizes her phone number but this time the tales are turned and Charlotte receives a call from Mona who is in a panic because the High School mean girl/bully has returned to town and Mona is certain that she is going to start attacking her again. When one of the mean girl's posse turns up dead, Mona is certain she will be blamed and goes into hiding. But murders keep happening.

Is the killer delivering payback for all the past or is there another reason that the mean girls are dying like flies?

This series is really a lot of fun with quirking characters, o9rganizational tips (I'm grateful for these!) and just a good mystery.
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cyderry | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | May 5, 2022 |

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Obres
17
També de
8
Membres
1,013
Popularitat
#25,448
Valoració
½ 3.6
Ressenyes
53
ISBN
52
Llengües
1
Preferit
2

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