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Title: Name Dropping
ISBN: 031225234X
Author:
Jane Heller
Publicate Date: 2000-04
Publish: 2000-04
List Price: $24.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Hardcover
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1: Very Enjoyable
I find Jane Heller's books to be very enjoyable & easy to read. Her writing holds your interest from the very beginning to the end.
I would recommend any & all her books.
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2: Two Women-Two Lives-Same Name
At first Nancy Stern, a preschool teacher, is perplexed when she gets mail from Hollywood directors, English ambassadors, and American Express bills for tens of thousands of dollars appear. Then she finds out the reason-another Nancy Stern who interviews Celebraties.
Nancy decides to go with it though and when she gets a call from a man named Bill for the other Nancy she goes out on the date instead. She and Bill date for a while, but then the other Nancy Stern is found murdered and Nancy is thrown into a mystery that also involves the family of a boy in her class as well.
Who killed the other Nancy Stern and what does it have to do with the boy in Nancy's preschool class? Read Name Dropping.
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3: A Keeper Romance
Jane Heller creates a romance that really isn't too bad. We feel exactly for her characters that Ms. Heller wants us to feel. The main character is likeable and we don't hate her at any point in the novel.
The novel does drag a bit in the middle. We're done with her romance with Bill, solve the mystery!
I would read this book if I were you and other by this author.
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4: Mediocre
I've read a few Jane Heller novels now, but there were none I liked as well as An Ex To Grind. Name Dropping is no different. The mother-daughter thing reminded me of her other novels, and it seems that she follows a pretty tight formula. The Epilogue was completely unnecessary as well, and I was anxious to get through it. Also, I didn't feel any real connection between the characters. It appears that I've had my fill of Jane Heller novels.
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5: Name Dropping
When Nancy Stern journalist to the stars moves into the penthouse of Nancy Stern pre-school teacher extrodinaire's apartment building there is obviously a lot of confusion. Many mixed up packages, phone calls, deliveries and mail. However the biggest mix-up of all is when Nancy Stern journalist to the stars is found murdered in her apartment. It soon becomes clear that the intended victim, however, was the other Nancy Stern. Now the other Nancy must try to foil a group of jewel thieves connected to one of her pre-school students while trying to keep herself out of harms way.
Maybe I am just not a huge Jane Heller fanatic but I did not fall in love with this book as many other reviewers have. While Heller does have a breezy style of writing this book was a little too cutesy for my taste. In a mystery novel, even a chick-lit mystery there should be some semblance of credibility to it and this novel had little to none. However, on the bright side Heller's style makes her books quick and easy to read, good for a lazy day of lounging poolside.
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