Helpful Score: 3
ISBN 0373260962 - This is my first Tony and Pat Pratt book, so I might not know enough about the pair to judge well. That said, Murder Without Reservation is well-written - strong on details, nice relationship between the Pratts and good character development. However, "sleuthing team" seems to me to be a tremendous overstatement of what the Pratts do.
Tony is working with a Japanese TV crew on an Indian Reservation in the middle of Oregon when things begin to go wrong. From snakes in his room to a raging fire, the shooting seems cursed. Speaking of shooting, someone's taken a shot at JayDee Hampton, a local cowboy with ties to the Millers - the family whose cattle the TV crew is using. Not everyone is happy to have the "Japs" in town; how far will they go to get them to leave? After Gramps Miller dies, the big question seems to be, will the TV movie get finished before a star is killed?
Tony seems to just happen to be there when things go wrong and the answers just sort of seem to materialize naturally, without his or Pat's sleuthing. If you're looking for the light fluffy adventures of a middle-aged couple, this book is just right. As a mystery, not so very much; the bad guy's are evident from the start, the detecting is almost non-existent and the best parts of the book might be Lee's ability to describe almost anything in minute detail.
- AnnaLovesBooks
Tony is working with a Japanese TV crew on an Indian Reservation in the middle of Oregon when things begin to go wrong. From snakes in his room to a raging fire, the shooting seems cursed. Speaking of shooting, someone's taken a shot at JayDee Hampton, a local cowboy with ties to the Millers - the family whose cattle the TV crew is using. Not everyone is happy to have the "Japs" in town; how far will they go to get them to leave? After Gramps Miller dies, the big question seems to be, will the TV movie get finished before a star is killed?
Tony seems to just happen to be there when things go wrong and the answers just sort of seem to materialize naturally, without his or Pat's sleuthing. If you're looking for the light fluffy adventures of a middle-aged couple, this book is just right. As a mystery, not so very much; the bad guy's are evident from the start, the detecting is almost non-existent and the best parts of the book might be Lee's ability to describe almost anything in minute detail.
- AnnaLovesBooks
Wholesome husband/wife team Tony and Pat Pratt make their second appearance ( Murder at Musket Beach , LJ 3/1/90) in northwest Oregon, where Tony serves as local facilitator/ombudsman for a Japanese TV crew. As the Japanese shoot scenes in the spectacular wilderness, they encounter forest fire, sabotage, stampede, unprepared-for white-water rapids, abduction, and attempted murder--all apparently directed at Tony. Wife Pat, meanwhile, wrings her hands, wheedles information, and provides sympathy.
