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Book Review By fran laniado
Princess Charming by Jane Heller

Elaine and her two best friends, Jackie and Pat, have been extremely close ever since they first meet in divorce court when they were divorcing their respective spouses. Every year they take a vaction together, and this year, dispite Elaine's objections, they are taking a cruise. Elaine worries about the wall to wall meals, the smallness of her room, and the fact that many of her fellow passengers are annoying. But her problems intensify when Jackie gets sick (or is poisoned?) and Pat takes a nasty fall down some stairs. When she overhears a mysterious phone conversation, and recieves a threatening letter, Elaine realizes that someone is out to kill her and her friends. Threre are three ex-husbands to suspect, and Elaine also begins to think that Sam, her shipboard romance may be a hitman. She must race against time to find out who the killer is.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - very humorous
How difficult to spot villain? - Moderately Challenging
Time/era of story:
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 40%
Special suspect? - lover
Kind of investigator
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot?
descript. of violence and chases - 10 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10 %
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes
Is Romance a MAJOR (25%+) part of story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Age: - 40's-50's
Ethnicity/Race

Setting
Ice Caps/Sea? Yes
Where? - Ocean
Water? Yes
Water: - pleasure/love boat
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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