Dial Me for Murder

These are awesome, over-the-top, and so much fun to read. Mrs. Matetsky has created a gorgeous homage to NYC in the 50's full of nostalgia and info. I've been with Paige since the beginning and I'm deeply saddened that this is the final installment. I hate when authors do this. Get me all involved in their characters lives then move on. How rude!

I've read all the Paige Turner books. They are really a hoot and this one ranks with the best. The writing is quite witty and I love the Fifties beat poetry.

Though it's been a while since we've visited Paige Turner, the wait has been worthwhile. Dial Me for Murder is her fifth and final adventure. When the naked body of a beautiful prostitute is found murdered in Central Park, Paige wants to write about the story for Daring Detective magazine but is stymied when her boss assigns the task to a less-talented male staffer. However, when the murdered woman's madam telephones Paige and insists that only she can do the dead girl justice by investigating her murder, our favorite gal Friday is one the case. At the suggestion of Paige's gorgeous, over-sexed bohemian neighbor, Abby Moscowitz, the two friends go undercover as high-priced call girls in order to interview a suspect at the Copacabana. Paige is in over her head and knows it. But she's determined to find out the story behind the murdered call girl come what may. And, believe me, plenty comes her way! New depths to old characters are revealed as Paige hops from one jam into another. For me the fun of this series has always been Amanda Matetsky's delightful writing; she's given Paige a sparkling, self-effacing sass which is both amusing and endearing. I will miss Paige Turner and her friends. (With any luck, we might see them again someday.)

Well, I have become addicted to the Paige Turner mysteries. Paige is such a character, and I love going back in time to the 50's and being reminded, if nothing else, of just how far women have come in the business world... though we obviously still have a ways to go. I think this book is one of the best of the five... still funny, engaging, sexy, and a nail-biter, though more so. The thing I like about Matetsky's books is that you really can't figure out who the culprit is until the very end, unlike so many other mysteries I have read. You stay engaged because of this all the way through the read. And as a result, you're sad when it's over. I highly recommend this book if you love to be entertained!

Amanda Matetsky brings us the 5th Paige Turner mystery--I love the play on movie titles she uses for each novel. This particular story finally shows our heroine, Paige, developing her backbone when dealing with her chauvinistic co-workers at Daring Detective magazine, while in the midst of solving a very dicey murder that may or may not involve the owner of the magazine she works on. I would love to see her come into her own by the sixth novel, and hopefully that is where Matetsky is headed. You won't be disappointed by the latest in this series!!!