Love Is Murder: 5

Morgan Tyler is a young widow who started a career in writing soap operas after the death of her husband. Morgan is not afraid to say how she really feels and when her lecherous boss is found murder, Morgan is naturally at the top of the list of suspects. When she is found to be a significant beneficiary of his will, she knows she is in trouble. I like that the heroine has multiple love interests in the novel - when she decides to reenter the dating scene she does so with gusto. The plot twists are fun and surprising. A great novel. With respect to the book on CD version, the narrator does a great job with the different voices. Very entertaining.

My daughter was entirely addicted to more than one daytime drama. She couldn't bear to go to sleep at night before watching the shows she'd taped that day while she was at work. I'm just as addicted to reading Linda Palmer's books about `daytime drama' head writer Morgan Tyler. Unfortunately, it takes longer to write such wonderful books than it does to read them. Drat. This first installment introduces Morgan and her cadre of co-workers, friends and even the occasional enemy. Set in Manhattan, the city springs to life and becomes an additional character, due to the author's obvious familiarity with it. As a fairly new employee of Global Broadcasting Network, Morgan is put in charge of the bigger-than-life `Love of My Life' program. There are egos all around, and when one is trampled, (whether real or not) an executive is murdered. Morgan is not fond of tip-toeing around the problems she encounters. The characters in this book are so lively they fairly jump off the page to grab your attention. The writing is superb. There's humor, there's romance, there's mystery-not to forget the magnificent Morgan. And the plot? Well, you'll have a hard time putting the book down before the final page. And then you'll want to go back to page one and start all over again. I did. After I'd ordered book two--Love Her to Death.

Morgan Tyler is the head writer for a "Daytime Drama" and finds herself in the middle of a murder. The guy that "gets his" is one that no one sheds a tear over, not even Morgan. At the reading of his will, though, he states in very clear terms that he and Morgan were engaged to be married! This throws her into a real mess and then when another murder occurs, Morgan tries to solve it and ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time. Morgan is a character that you will like immediately and the way she handles the problems that come her way makes me think she would be a great tennis player!

I'd just read a couple of angst-ridden books in a row, and I was looking for something light to cleanse the palate... I picked up Love Is Murder, expecting something light and fluffy -- I had no idea it would be so funny, and such a solid mystery! Good characters whom I bet I could recognize in person, and an interesting mix of people to read about. A solid mystery debut from a writer to watch out for.

She married her photojournalist husband when she was nineteen and spent most of the years they had together taking incredible pictures in the wilds of Africa. When he dies in an automobile accident, Morgan Tyler returns to the United States and moves in with her best friend until she can decide what she wants to do with her life. The head writer of the soap opera Love of My Life takes her under his wing and teaches her the ropes. When he is paralyzed due to a heart attack, she becomes the show's news head writer.Damon Radord, Vice President of Daytime Programming, thinks every woman in the world loves him. Morgan constantly ducks his passes but when he is murdered she feels no joy. The two homicide detectives assigned to the case think she is a viable suspect because of all the alterations they had in front of witnesses. When a second person connected to the show is killed, Morgan decides that the only way to clear her name and stop living in fear is to find the perpetrator, only this time she comes closer to dying than she ever did before.This debut chick-lit mystery is an amusing amateur sleuth tale that gives readers an insider's look at what goes on behind the scenes of a soap opera. The protagonist is a vulnerable person who attracts the attention of two sexy men and doesn't know how to deal with it since she never dated a lot before she married her husband. LOVE IS MURDER is a great puzzler with so many suspects who had a motive to see the victim dead that readers won't be able to guess who the killer is until the author chooses to reveal the perpetrator. Linda Palmer's first novel is a definite winner.Harriet Klausner