Before Lucy Burdette became Lucy Burdette, she wrote eight mysteries as Roberta Isleib. Ebook versions of the Advice Column mysteries are available now:
ASKING FOR MURDER (AC#3): Buy the Book
Asking for Murder is the third in this very engaging series, one I’ve enjoyed from the start. Rececca is a great amateur sleuth, who is saved from being too saccharine by exhibiting both an “edge” and a self-deprecating sense of humor. It’s hard not to cheer her on. Roberta Isleib knows how to balance the needs of readers who look for both a strong mystery element and a glimpse into the life of the main character.
Asking for Murder is good escapist reading, a charming and sometimes gritty mystery with an appealing protagonist who sleuths, cooks and psychoanalyzes.
Dr. Rebecca Butterman, the quirky, flawed, eccentric, funny psychologist and advice columnist in “Preaching to the Corpse,” is my kind of protagonist.
“Church politics have never seemed so deadly. Pressed by her editor for a seasonal slant to her advice colums, Rebecca works out some of her own problems as she answers her readers’ letters. This would make a good choice for a book club!”
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Berkley Prime Crime
(March 2007)ISBN: 0425214745 |
“A really plummy mystery, flawlessly plotted, that I especially loved because the heroine is an advice columnist and a good one!” – Margo Howard, author of the syndicated column “Dear Margo” “A harrowing psychological suspense tale meticulously told. A winner … I hope we see much more of Dr. Rebecca Butterman.”
– C.J. Box, author of FREE FIRE and BLUE HEAVEN |
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Berkley Prime Crime
(March 7, 2006)ISBN: 0425208966 |
“A fast-paced mystery that will keep you turning the pages. The characters are quirky, complex and oh, so interesting.” Andrea Sisco of Armchair Interviews. |
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Berkley Prime Crime
(March 1, 2005)ISBN: 0425201554 |
“Isleib definitely shoots under par with this book.” – Donna Andrews, 6-time LPGA Tour winner |
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Berkley Prime Crime
(April 6, 2004)ISBN: 0425195309 |
“A very entertaining and clever mystery… Suspects come and go and when the true killer is revealed, the solution is both clever and unexpected.” – From Larry Gandle, Deadly Pleasures” |
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Berkley Prime Crime
(May 6, 2003)ISBN: 0425189961 |
“For the golf enthusiast who is also a mystery buff, this is near-perfect reading. Isleib demonstrates the uncanny ability of detailing the life of the professional golfer on tour without boring a non-golfing audience, at the same time weaving in a first-rate mystery.” – John Broussard, I Love a Mystery Newsletter |
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Berkley Prime Crime
(June 4, 2002)ISBN: 042518522 |
LUCY BURDETTE: I want to chat today about little life tweaks that can give us a lift in an increasingly grim world. (I feel a little bit like Maria in the Sound of Music singing “My Favorite Things” during the thunderstorm, but that’s okay.) My best ideas come from Miss Gloria, Hayley’s roommate in the […]
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