A Wicked Slice Lee Ofsted Mysteries Book 1 edition by Charlotte Elkins Aaron Elkins Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
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Newly revised to resolve formatting and typographical problems. Aaron Elkins, the author of the Edgar-winning Old Bones, teamed up with his wife, Charlotte, to fashion this lighthearted mystery--a fictional look at the less glamorous side of a golf tour.
In this first Lee Ofsted mystery, Lee is a "rabbit" golfer in the Pacific-Western Women's Pro-Am. She made it into the tournament by the skin of her teeth and suddenly she can't keep her long drives from slicing--veering sharply to the right. She is hitting the ball perfectly and it simply isn't going where it is supposed to. And if Lee can't get rid of this slice quickly, all the scraping and saving to enter the tournament and stay in it, all the Big Macs and cheap motels, will be for nothing.
Then Lee discovers the body of the tour's star at the bottom of the course lake, and her own problems with golf techniques pale in comparison. Enter Lieutenant Graham Sheldon. He's charming, handsome, and determined to capture the killer--as well as Lee's heart. But the murder has triggered buried anger and petty jealousies among the players. Lee finds out just what wicked means are causing her drives to slice. And it looks like the murderer has barely begun to score....
A Wicked Slice Lee Ofsted Mysteries Book 1 edition by Charlotte Elkins Aaron Elkins Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
I am an avid golfer and I really wanted to like this book, but, truthfully, after the first 30 pages I just skimmed it and about halfway through I just quit on it. I just could not develop a kinship to the main cha racter, Lee Olfsted - she was a whiner. The writing itself was not good - I would compare it to the early college level - words are just there sometimes to fill the pages. The murder happens pretty early in the book and Lee finds the victim at the bottom of a pond where she had lost some golf balls and had gone in to try and retrieve them (I have played golf for 25 years and have never know a golfer to actually wade into a pond to get their balls). She not only finds the victim, she pulls her out of the water. She said she thought she might be able to help her with CPR (the description of the victim was that she was bloated and disfigured - CPR? I don't think so). I think most people who would find a dead body in a pond would get out as fast as they could. Then the investigating detective is, of course, very attractive and they are attracted to each other immediately. This is where I started the skimming process. Couldn't take any more of it. I think this is the first book in a series (can't imagine enough people read it to warrant a second) and maybe the writing gets better. I will never know!Product details
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A Wicked Slice Lee Ofsted Mysteries Book 1 edition by Charlotte Elkins Aaron Elkins Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews
I'm not very interested in golf so I skipped a few pages a few times but I enjoyed the book-plot, characters and all. I hope the authors have a relationship rather like their protagonists. Wonder how they got into a golf connection.
The first in the series featuring a professional woman golfer and the police officer she quickly comes to love, this is an appealing light mystery with the beginning of a love affair that will continue. As reading material, I think it will please most people who are seeking good escape entertainment.
Out of necessity, most of my entertainment reading is done by ear. 's robot could stand some improvement but nevertheless it is satisfactory for one who is accustomed to that type of medium. Not what one would expect from the usually excellent actors chosen to perform that task in the average audio-book, but far cheaper. I am used to the sound patterns and found the book as read adequate to my needs.
I have never given a book by either or both the Elkins' less than a four rating, but like many other readers, I found this one so badly edited that it detracted from an otherwise good novel.
"a good stead" for "in good stead", "murder" for "murderer", a lemon drop martini magically turns into bourbon, "I" for "It", "to" for "too", a $1200 fee changes to $4500, "did" for "dig", "do" for "go", an "O" all by itself on a line, "god" for "gold", "slivery" for "silvery", etc.
I have the next book in the Lee Olfsted series still to be read, and I hope it had a proofreader.
Like Charlotte and Aaron's other series (A dangerous talent, a cruise to die for), this one brings together a beautiful, brilliant but financially struggling young woman with an older (need we add extremely attractive?) law enforcement dude over an unlikely corpse and (drumroll please) bumpy romance ensues. Followed by more corpses and more romance in subsequent novels. There is also the gruff, well-to-do and hilarious older woman who instantly becomes the heroine's closest friend and partner in the amateur investigation. Both series involve gorgeous backdrops, from New Mexico to Pebble Beach, meticulous research into the heroines' professions (art historian, pro golfer) and solid, satisfying plots.
All that having been said I must confess that I love both series. They are fun and roll along seductively. I've long been a fan of Aaron Elkins' anthropology-inspired series and this is equally professional writing (flubs in transcription notwithstanding). If you're looking for a quick, enjoyable read, a little new knowledge and not a lot of depth, I'd say go for it. But be warned that these little books are as addictive as Candy Crush. Saga.
As you can see from my title, bad proofing really irritates me. The story line was reasonably good. Too many loose ends having to be tied up at the end, rather than working it out through the story. As I don’t play golf and know nothing about it, I didn’t get excited about all the golf talk, though I actually found some of the behind the scenes info interesting. You won’t be sorry you’ve read it, but you won’t go around praising it either. I thought her art novel mysteries were better.
I'm a fan of the other series written by these authors and on that strength I decided to give this series a try. I found the writing to be less developed than the Alix London and Chris Norgren series. I can't seem to connect to the lead character, Lee Ofsted, and find her to be whiny and unsympathetic. But that could change as the series continues and hopefully the authors give her more dimension. The golf part seems to be well researched, but according to my husband, who is an avid golfer, most people wouldn't go wading in a pond to retrieve balls, so that part of the story rang as contrived, especially since that's what got her to discover the body.
What was really off putting about this book though was the sheer number of typographical and story line errors. The description for this edition stated that it had been revised to correct formatting and typographical errors, which certainly wasn't the case. It is distracting to the flow and rhythm of the story to come across such flagrant errors - use of the word "steel" instead of "steal", "intensive purposes" instead of "intents and purposes", etc. In one paragraph the cost of something is $2500 - in the next paragraph the same item is referenced as costing $4500.
I gave it three stars because I think the series has potential and it kept my interest. I do plan to read the next book in the series as I am curious to see where the authors take story line next and whether Lee gets less whiny and more successful at her golf game!
I am an avid golfer and I really wanted to like this book, but, truthfully, after the first 30 pages I just skimmed it and about halfway through I just quit on it. I just could not develop a kinship to the main cha racter, Lee Olfsted - she was a whiner. The writing itself was not good - I would compare it to the early college level - words are just there sometimes to fill the pages. The murder happens pretty early in the book and Lee finds the victim at the bottom of a pond where she had lost some golf balls and had gone in to try and retrieve them (I have played golf for 25 years and have never know a golfer to actually wade into a pond to get their balls). She not only finds the victim, she pulls her out of the water. She said she thought she might be able to help her with CPR (the description of the victim was that she was bloated and disfigured - CPR? I don't think so). I think most people who would find a dead body in a pond would get out as fast as they could. Then the investigating detective is, of course, very attractive and they are attracted to each other immediately. This is where I started the skimming process. Couldn't take any more of it. I think this is the first book in a series (can't imagine enough people read it to warrant a second) and maybe the writing gets better. I will never know!
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