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Eugenia Swift is a young woman of singular sensibilities, and a connoisseur of beauty. As the director of the Leafbrook Glass Museum, she's been asked to travel to Frog Cove Island -- an artistic haven near Seattle -- to catalog an important collection of art glass. But thanks to unsavory rumors surrounding the collector's death, the museum insists that Eugenia take along Cyrus Chandler Colfax -- a rough-hewn private investigator whose taste in glass runs to ice-cold bottles filled with beers.
When Colfax declares they must pose as a couple, Eugenia protests in a manner as loud as his Hawaiian shirts. She fears that her secret mission will be discovered...while he hopes that she will be a mask for his own hidden agenda. But soon their very lives depend on making an utterely convincing couple. Because among the chic galleries of Frog Cove Island lurks a killer, and their only chance for survival is the boldest, most artful collaboration they can dare to imagine.
When Colfax declares they must pose as a couple, Eugenia protests in a manner as loud as his Hawaiian shirts. She fears that her secret mission will be discovered...while he hopes that she will be a mask for his own hidden agenda. But soon their very lives depend on making an utterely convincing couple. Because among the chic galleries of Frog Cove Island lurks a killer, and their only chance for survival is the boldest, most artful collaboration they can dare to imagine.
368 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published February 1,1998
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368 pages, Mass Market Paperback
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September 1, 1998 by Pocket Star Books
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9780671524098
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0671524097
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English
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Eugenia Swift
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Jane An Krentz is a great author of suspense and romance. The mystery story is usually interesting and the romance can be fun. Sharp Edges promised a great mystery about a missing rare artifact known as the Hades cup. The main characters were bound to be attracted to each other: Cyrus, a private investigator with a dark past and Eugenia an art director for a glass art museum in Seattle. The novel had its share of quirky artistic types and people with potential to completely come unhinged. The setting is an island off the Oregon coast where both Cyrus and Eugenia travel for the summer, each with their own mission. I enjoyed the mystery but the romance fell flat for me. I really didn't like Eugenia much. For someone in her position she didn't seem too smart in some of her actions. I am surprised Cyrus was even interested in her after she blew his cover but men can be kind of dumb too when it comeS to having the hots for some woman. I never really got why Cyrus'
neohew Rick was there either except as some kind of plot twist to make Cyrus not look so cold and uncaring. None of it fit together smoothly and I never really got a good sense of a flow of the story as it bounced from one thing to another and some of it seemed unnecessary. I liked the book but didn't love it.I gave. the book 4 stars but I really would rate it 3.5. Would be a good summer beach read.
neohew Rick was there either except as some kind of plot twist to make Cyrus not look so cold and uncaring. None of it fit together smoothly and I never really got a good sense of a flow of the story as it bounced from one thing to another and some of it seemed unnecessary. I liked the book but didn't love it.I gave. the book 4 stars but I really would rate it 3.5. Would be a good summer beach read.
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Cyrus Chandler Colfax, a private investigator, is investigating the death of Adam Daventry, an artist who lives on Frog Cove Island. Cyrus is also trying to trace an ancient, valuable piece of glass art, the Hades Cup, that went missing after his partner in his security firm disappeared, and his wife got killed...by the partner.
Daventry fell down the stairs while giving a party at his house...was it an accident or was it murder? Eugenia Swift, director of the Leabrook Museum, is sent to Frog Cove Island to catalog the glass art Daventry left the museum. But Eugenia also wants to find out more about her friend Nellie Grant, who disappeared the day after Daventry died. Cyrus and Eugenia stay at Daventry's place, and in that time find the caretaker of the house dead, Nellie Grant's painting is being sold claiming another artist painted it, and a budding romance between Cyrus and Eugenia is filling in the rest of the time.
The working vacation at Frog Cove Island definitely was productive and then some. Eugenia got a great glass collection for her museum, she nearly missed being killed by an artist who thought she knew too much, and the question of Adam Daventry was answered. Cyrus not only finds where the Hades Cup was with the help of Eugenia, he also is in a near miss
of death when his old partner shows up with Nellie Grant. He even finally introduces himself to the father he's never met, and his future now looks promising with his marriage to Eugenia in the near future.
Daventry fell down the stairs while giving a party at his house...was it an accident or was it murder? Eugenia Swift, director of the Leabrook Museum, is sent to Frog Cove Island to catalog the glass art Daventry left the museum. But Eugenia also wants to find out more about her friend Nellie Grant, who disappeared the day after Daventry died. Cyrus and Eugenia stay at Daventry's place, and in that time find the caretaker of the house dead, Nellie Grant's painting is being sold claiming another artist painted it, and a budding romance between Cyrus and Eugenia is filling in the rest of the time.
The working vacation at Frog Cove Island definitely was productive and then some. Eugenia got a great glass collection for her museum, she nearly missed being killed by an artist who thought she knew too much, and the question of Adam Daventry was answered. Cyrus not only finds where the Hades Cup was with the help of Eugenia, he also is in a near miss
of death when his old partner shows up with Nellie Grant. He even finally introduces himself to the father he's never met, and his future now looks promising with his marriage to Eugenia in the near future.
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Not bad. She is funny as always. Not terribly compelling, for me. But I think I have read most of her books, so maybe it is getting familiar.
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I enjoyed the concept, but the characters were not very likable. It’s a good mystery idea but wow the book was hard to finish because of the characters.
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I did not enjoy this one as much as the other Krentz' I've been reading lately. In fact, I could not get over the fact that the Main Guy dresses like Magnum PI. It's like Krentz binged the series and made a character look like him. No....no.
Also the MC is a snobby bitch. I think she was supposed to have improved over the course of the book....but she really did not seem to. At least, from what I saw.
They were the main reasons why this one just did not sit well with me.
Oh well.
Also the MC is a snobby bitch. I think she was supposed to have improved over the course of the book....but she really did not seem to. At least, from what I saw.
They were the main reasons why this one just did not sit well with me.
Oh well.
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Great reading
As always , Jayne Ann Kentz has written an interesting, mystery with a romance thrown in.Congratulations on another winner. Looking forward to more.
As always , Jayne Ann Kentz has written an interesting, mystery with a romance thrown in.Congratulations on another winner. Looking forward to more.
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This reads like a Murder, She Wrote episode
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