Fear of Frying (Jane Jeffry Mysteries, No. 9)

by Janice Young Brooks and Jill Churchill

Book Overview

Suburban Chicago widow Jane Jeffry hates cooking, but loves food. She can't think of a worse fate than a rustic outing in a Wisconsin resort where she discovers a corpse, seemingly bludgeoned by a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380787075
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 0.6" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Fear of frying

I sent the book back. It was unacceptable because it had alot of water. damage. It cost me $8.25 to send it back. I was sent a email stating you would see me one for free.

I Enjoyed This Fun Book So Much!!!

Jane and Shelley, who are best friends, camp out at a camp resort that has invited several people. The "camp" atmosphere is very cozy. I thoroughly enjoyed the camp activities, and Jane and Shelley's friendship. This book is full of food, fun, adventure, coziness, interesting people, murder, and a very interesting plot. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I highly recommend it to anyone who loves cozy mysteries. Although I probably say this about every book in this series, but I think this book is one of the best in the series. Actually, this whole series is so fun and cozy. And some of them have really "fun" atmospheres, such as this "camp" atmosphere.

A real favorite in this 9th of the Jane Jeffry's series...

Jane and Shelley are going to check out a summer camp for kids. Camping is NOT Jane's idea of fun and she and Shelley certainly were not prepared for a murder in the process! Then, before anyone can check out the crime scene, the murdered corpse disappears! This is really a bad moment for Jane and Shelley as they're the ones that discovered the body to begin with! Great, fun mystery.

Housewives beware!

I started the Jane Jeffry series with "A Farewell to Yarns" (being interested in knitting) and have since progressed to reading all of them - at a rate of 2 per week-end. While much enjoying the descriptions of the day-to-day life of a suburban American housewife (particularly the food she prepares!) - my time is limited, which means that my own housekeeping has gone completely to pot. However a little dust never hurt anyone and they are most entertaiing - to the extent of bearing re-reading.

catchy titles-good books

Jill's former books have catchy titles, i.e. A quiche before dying, from here to paternity, a knife to remember. This shows that she has a sense of humor and it comes thru in in her books. The latest takes place at a summer camp where the parents are visiting. As you might expect, the murder takes place with a frying pan. All of her novels have the same characters which makes makes it more enjoyable as you feel (if you have read all her books, as I have) that you know the characters. Ms. Churchill deserves a good following.