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Dying to See You

Dying to See You

Fifth in the Series

by: Margaret Chittenden

ISBN (hardcover): 1-57566-561-1
ISBN (paperback): 1-57566-669-3

Published: 2000

One spring morning I was occupying one of the cubicles in a women's restroom when I noticed a pair of brown sandals, complete with feet, in the neighboring stall. I'm always very interested in the way shoes can characterize a person, so I studied these feet for quite a while.

And they didn't move. Not at all. Usually, people will shuffle their feet, tap their toes, something...but no, these feet remained completely still. After some more time passed, I gave up, left the cubicle, washed my hands, went out, then muttered, "I have to make sure" and returned to the restroom, where a middle aged woman, wearing brown sandals, was washing her hands.

This incident is what started me plotting DYING TO SEE YOU, which features a body on the potty. The story actually focuses on a high school reunion. A few years ago, I accompanied my husband to his high school reunion. Nobody was murdered, but I was intrigued by the interaction between people who hadn't seen one another for many years, and their comments about the changes they saw in one another. How much do people change in ten years or twenty? Do we really know what they are like now? Did we really know then? More importantly--is anyone keeping any secrets? Dangerous secrets?

Published by Kensington Publishing Corp.

Reviews:

Chittenden offers a tough-to-solve plot, vivid Bay Area ambience, and entertaining background on line-dancing (not to mention a great turkey sandwich recipe.)
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Fans of Chittenden's previous Charlie Plato mysteries (Dying to Sing; Dead Men Don't Dance, etc.) will find this fifth entry in the series just as sassy and full of fun. The vivacious California redhead is still trying to keep Chaps, her country-western nightclub, afloat and her innards from going whomp at the thought of partner Zack Hunter, a former TV star and a major hunk. Savanna Bristow, another partner, wants to throw a party at Chaps to celebrate both her 20th high school reunion and the 50th birthday of everyone's favorite teacher, Reina Diaz. Forty of Reina's old students, all purportedly devoted to her, attend the party, but when Reina is found strangled in a stall in the ladies' room, it's clear that at least one member of the class is no fan. Charlie and Zack investigate with nothing to help them but a crumpled piece of paper clutched in the corpse's hand. The sleuths soon learn that many of her students had reason to hate and fear Reina. Suspects abound, each with a better motive than the last, and mayhem reigns. Another murder, arson, guilty secrets and lying all around complicate Zack's and Charlie's efforts. Our heroes appear to be getting closer to each other as they get closer to a solution to the crimes, but will they ever be a couple? Please, Ms. Chittenden, don't keep us waiting too long for the next Charlie Plato mystery.
, Publishers Weekly