Dying to Remember (Jennifer Marsh Mystery)

by Judy Fitzwater

Book Overview

Jennifer Marsh's high school reunion is truly a nightmare. Among her classmates: overweight ex-jocks, aging cheerleaders, narcissistic class beauty Sheena Cassidy, and bad boy Danny Buckner,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0449006395
• ISBN13: 9780449006399
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Fawcett
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.9" x 0.6" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Jennifer Marsh is back at it again

This is the fourth Jennifer Marsh mystery and will entertain readers who have enjoyed the first three. Jennifer is an amatuer mystery novelist who has yet to get a publisher interested in any of her books. However, this does not keep Jennifer from getting involved in a local murder.Jennifer is conned into going to her high school reunion by her good friend and fellow writer, Leigh Ann. At the reunion, Jennifer sees her high school sweet heart and his wife Sheena, the girl who won Danny back from Jennifer and who she has never quite gotten over.After Danny is murdered at the reunion, Sheena must ask Jennifer for help and she is plunged into another murder that took place twenty years earlier on prom night. With Sam, her long time beau, at her side as well as the aide of her friends Jennifer must uncover the truth behind both murders if she is be able to move past this long time love.The Jennifer Marsh series may not be the most in depth or thriling mystery series out there but the characters tend to grow on readers. How could resist wanting to curl up with a cute mystery about Jennifer and her greyhound Fluffy! This is a great series to read in between the hard boiler, intense thrillers.

A biased, but genuine opinion!

I must state before I even start, that this review will be biased. Judy Fitzwater's daughter happens to be one of my closest and dearest friends and so, in turn, is Judy Fitzwater herself. I'm proud to say that I spent a night or two sitting in the Fitzwater's home pondering the possible outcomes of this book. Judy Fitzwater is not only a brilliant and talented writer but a great woman all around. Dying to Remember is all I expected it to be. Jennifer has once again connected with me very closely. In fact, all of the characters in the novel are realistic; if you don't identify with one, than you certianly will with another. Somewhere, you are in that book. That's one of the things that amazes me about Judy Fitzwater; she includes a little piece of everyone in her writing. I won't give the mystery away. Suffice to say that up till the end I was "dying for a clue".

Lively and quick witted.

I enjoyed the latest of the Jennifer Marsh books. In fact, I felt it was the best ever. Judy Fitzwater's characters are fun and colorful, even if I felt like shaking them sometimes. They are real and likable. I particularly related to Jennifer's angst over her high school reunion. Judy has a way of putting into words those anxieties that are universal to just about everyone and she does it with humour and affection.Dying To Remember is a wonderful book. Give it a shot!

A Masterful Story

The plot of this novel is fantastic. The disappearance of Jimmy Mitchell from prom night Jennifer's senior year is as creepy as it is ingenious. The current mystery of who killed Jennifer's old boyfriend Danny Buckner is interesting and the way it wraps into the solution of Jimmy's disappearance took me completely by surprise. Every element combines in this mystery to create a tight, intriguing plot that left me not wanting to put it down.And then there's Gavin. His relationship with Leigh Ann is beautifully written. I very much hope that one day we'll see him again.I haven't been to my own high school reunion yet, but reading Jennifer's made up for it. Fitzwater described all of those feelings of insecurity and being a teenager with endearing expertise and has written very real characters that I feel like I went to high school with. This is a wonderful book, one of my very favorites.

humerous amateur sleuth

The prom is supposed to be the social highlight of a student's high school career. For Jennifer Marsh the time leading up to the event and the dance itself was a nightmare. Big man on campus Danny Buckner broke off with his long time steady Sheena to court Jennifer. However, Sheena wanted Danny back and did everything possible to make life miserable for her rival. Jennifer stoically ignored Sheena until the prom itself.Sheena's scam forced Jennifer and Danny to leave early. While the teens necked in his car, one of Danny's friends came by and asked him for help. Danny never returned to Jennifer that night, forcing her to get her father to come take her home.Years later, Jennifer and Danny meet at a reunion. Before they can exchange more than a few pleasantries, that same friend from long ago whisks Danny away again. A few hours later Danny is found inside his car, an apparent suicide victim. Neither Jennifer nor Sheena believe Danny killed himself. They begin to investigate what really happened to their mutual boy friend.Judy Fitzwater is brilliant at creating a humorous amateur sleuth tale that simultaneously tickles the reader while stimulating the cerebral matter. Many readers will successfully guess much of the truth involving Danny, the remaining questions will peak audience interest trying to resolve them. The protagonist is a likable person who involves herself in an official homicide investigation because her uncontrollable curiosity refuses to allow her to sit idly by. Sub-genre fans will gain much pleasure from this novelHarriet Klausner