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A review by krisrid
Devil May Care by Elizabeth Peters
4.0
Elizabeth Peters never disappoints! Fun, smart characters, a highly entertaining plot with lots of excitement and mystery, and the wonderful humour typical of Peters books that makes the story sparkle!
Ellie agrees to house-sit for eccentric Aunt Kate while she takes a vacation. Since Aunt Kate lives in a stunning Virginia mansion filled with cats, dogs and various other animals, Ellie assumes it will just be a peaceful getaway as she plans for her wedding to her high-powered lawyer fiance, Henry.
But once Aunt Kate leaves, and Ellie is alone in the house, she starts seeing some unbelieveable things. Against her better judgement she enlists "yardboy" and neighbour Donald to help her try to figure out whether she's hallucinating, or if there really are some inexplcable things going on.
As always, Elizabeth Peters writes fabulous stories. They are always full of characters that run the gamut from smart and on the ball, to the oddballs who you aren't quite sure what to make of. She then combines these terrific characters into great stories with excitement, suspense, and just enough farce to make it all lots of fun.
I particularly loved the inter-play between Ellie and Donald, who start out not really liking one another very much and therefore do a lot of verbal sparring which is highly entertaining. An easy, fast, and highly enjoyable read!
Ellie agrees to house-sit for eccentric Aunt Kate while she takes a vacation. Since Aunt Kate lives in a stunning Virginia mansion filled with cats, dogs and various other animals, Ellie assumes it will just be a peaceful getaway as she plans for her wedding to her high-powered lawyer fiance, Henry.
But once Aunt Kate leaves, and Ellie is alone in the house, she starts seeing some unbelieveable things. Against her better judgement she enlists "yardboy" and neighbour Donald to help her try to figure out whether she's hallucinating, or if there really are some inexplcable things going on.
As always, Elizabeth Peters writes fabulous stories. They are always full of characters that run the gamut from smart and on the ball, to the oddballs who you aren't quite sure what to make of. She then combines these terrific characters into great stories with excitement, suspense, and just enough farce to make it all lots of fun.
I particularly loved the inter-play between Ellie and Donald, who start out not really liking one another very much and therefore do a lot of verbal sparring which is highly entertaining. An easy, fast, and highly enjoyable read!