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The Flaming Luau of Death
A Madeline Bean Culinary Series No. 8

by Jerrilyn Farmer



      Maddie's friend and assistant, Holly, is getting married. However there is one small problem: she's already married!

Holly went to her senior prom with Marvin Dubinsky, nerd extraordinaire and Holly's senior-year tutor. When Marvin confessed that he loved her, she was flattered. She felt sorry for him and he was kind of cute in a geeky way, so she asked him to the prom. Many beers later, she awoke to find herself and Marvin wearing matching wedding rings. On the ride back home, she heard from her mother. While she was gone, she had been called by Griffin Potecky, hottie extraordinaire! As soon as Marvin pulled up in front her house, Holly rushed inside to call Griffin. She hasn't heard from her husband since.

Years later, she has now begun to receive emails that threaten her if she doesn't reveal Marvin's location. She has no clue of how to find him.

Maddie reassures Holly that she will take care of it. In the meantime, it's time for Holly's bachelorette party. Maddie is a party planner. She has it planned down to the last detail. It is an all-expense-paid weekend in Hawaii for Holly, her sisters, and her best friend Liz. Maddie and business partner Wes plan to dutifully accompany the ladies to make sure all goes well.

Arriving at her hotel, Holly finds a man in her room. She decks him with a lamp and runs to Maddie for help. When they return to Holly's room there is no man, but there are bloodstains on the bedspread.

When the ladies return with the hotel manager, the room is spotless-no broken lamp and no bloodstains.

Trying to recapture the festive mood, the gang attends a luau on the beach. Everything goes just peachy until a dead body floats up onto the shore!

Could it get any worse? Well, only if a band of thugs shows up looking for poor missing Marvin!

This book is a lot of fun. The characters are wacky and the mystery intriguing. It is a really good book!

The Book

Avon Mystery
Dec 1, 2005
Paperback
0060587318
Mystery/Amateur
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The Reviewer

Sheila Griffin
Reviewed 2006
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