MURDER FOR HIRE: The Peruvian Pigeon review

It's been three weeks since I hosted Dana Fredsti's blog tour and just two weeks since I received my copy of the book. I didn't get to start reading right away but I did finally get to read her book. I must say for someone who has never read The Maltese Falcon, I found that the story came across quite well. I could tell from reading that it was a spoof and that references were made to the movie and even parts of the book.

I was so engrossed in the humor and writing that I forgot a murder had taken place at the very beginning of the story. I think I was about a fourth of the way into the book before I thought to myself that there should have been a murder by now (and yes, had one of those Duh! moments).

The humor and interaction of the characters was spot on. Even though there were several characters at any given moment to keep track of, I never got them confused.

The first murder happened and then I was drawn into the story that when a second murder happened, I was kind of shocked (in a good way). Ms. Fredsti definitely has a way of surprising the reader and yet keep the story light-hearted and entertaining.

If you are a fan of The Maltese Falcon and would like a fun read, I suggest you pick up a copy of MURDER FOR HIRE: The Peruvian Pigeon today.

I look forward to the next MURDER FOR HIRE story to come out.

And the winners are.....Murder For Hire: The Peruvian Pigeon

Dana has done her drawings and if you are one of the following on the list, please contact her at the email provided so she can mail your copy to you - E :)

From zhadi@aol.com on January 28 at 10:21 pm

we have four 'cause two slips of paper stuck together on the way out of the fedora and it seemd the right think not to toss either back...

Zoggirl
Shelli
Diesel
Steven Prosapio

If you could please post this on your blogs and ask for them to send mailing addresses to zhadi@aol.com, I would greatly appreciate it!

Murder for Hire: The Peruvian Pigeon tour schedule

Dana's schedule is as follows: Hope you all check her out her website to buy her book

Dana's website

Dana Fredsti’s MURDER FOR HIRE: The Peruvian Pigeon
Blog Tour Schedule
January 21-26, 2008

Dana will be a guest at the following blog locations and dates. She hopes you’ll visit all of the blog sites. Each post will have something new, interesting (she hopes!) and entertaining about the writing and world of Murder for Hire: The Peruvian Pigeon and the real life dirt behind the scenes! As an additional bonus, there will be three free copies of MFH given away at the end of the tour – all you have to do is post a comment to be entered in the drawing to win.

Please stop by – these are all fantastic, entertaining and informative blogs!

Date: Sunday, January 20th
Blog: Elysabeth’s Emerald City
Topic: Excerpt from MFH and author bio


Date: Monday, January 21st
Blog: Blogbooktours.com
Topic: An interview with questions by Dani Greer
Blogbooktours

Date: Tuesday, January 22nd
Blog: Kat's Random Thoughts
Topic: tbd
Kat's Random Thoughts

Date: Wednesday, January 23rd
Blog: Chrysalis Stage
Topic: Is it Real or Memorex – The pluses and minuses of using aspects of real life in fiction writing
Chrysalis's blog

Date: Thursday, January 24th
Blog: The Official Blaize Clement Site (Kitty Litter)
Topic: tbd
Blaize's Kitty Litter blog
Blaize's website

Date: Friday, January 25th
Blog: Pointless Drivel
Topic: How the desire to kill resulted in a published novel
Mr. Fab's blog


Date: Saturday, January 26th
Blog: Redzilla Attacks!
Topic: tbd
Redzilla's blog

hope you all follow Dana on her first blog tour and give her the support she is needing - see you all in the postings - E :)