Pretty Maids All in a Row

by A.H. Jackson and Michelle Buckman

Partners Tori Roche and J.B. Kale set out on a madcap adventure to a medieval inn where they are invited to solve the famous nursery rhyme murder mystery surrounding the 1785 massacre of twelve women--"pretty maids all in a row." As they begin gathering evidence to write a best-selling novel to save their publishing house, Tori finds her family lineage has more to do with the present than she anticipated. When more dead bodies keep falling in their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803497784
• ISBN13: 9780803497788
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
• Length: 215 Pages

Customer Reviews

Nancy Drew meets Andy Hardy

Pretty Maids all in a Row is the kind of mystery novel I read as a kid back in the fifties. For those who've never had the pleasure, these novels typically featured a straight-arrow hero, wholesome, ultra-virginal heroine, and slimy bad guys who never actually did much harm. In this version, the old stereotypes are all there - on the deeper level too; the men do all the thinking and the heroine is there to look gorgeous and supply the rash acts that only complicate things for the hero. While a sophisticated adult reader might find this one too light to carry interest, I feel this book would make a good Christmas or Birthday gift for a budding reader - say age 11-14 give or take. For the most part, the lead characters exhibit traits we'd like to see today's kids imitate. There are a few lascivious thoughts on the part of the hero - but they lend just enough of an adult edge to make the read more likely to make young readers feel "all grown up". Art Tirrell - author of The Secret Ever Keeps ISBN 978-1-60164-004-8 March 2007 from Kunati Book Publishers