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Mr. Kiss and Tell: Veronica Mars | An Original Mystery
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Mr. Kiss and Tell: Veronica Mars | An Original Mystery
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Mr. Kiss and Tell: Veronica Mars | An Original Mystery

Written by Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham

Narrated by Rebecca Lowman

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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In the second book in the New York Times bestselling mystery series, Veronica Mars is back with a case that will expose the hidden workings of one of Neptune's most murderous locations.

The Neptune Grand has always been the seaside town's ritziest hotel, despite the shady dealings and high-profile scandals that seem to follow its elite guests. When a woman claims that she was brutally assaulted in one of its rooms and left for dead by a staff member, the owners know that they have a potential powder keg on their hands. They turn to Veronica to disprove-or prove-the woman's story.

The case is a complicated mix of hard facts, mysterious occurrences, and uncooperative witnesses. The hotel refuses to turn over its reservation list and the victim won't divulge who she was meeting that night. Add in the facts that the attack happened months ago, the victim's memory is fuzzy, and there are holes in the hotel's surveillance system, and Veronica has a convoluted mess on her hands. As she works to fill in the missing pieces, it becomes clear that someone is lying-but who? And why?

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Release dateJan 20, 2015
ISBN9780804193535
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Mr. Kiss and Tell: Veronica Mars | An Original Mystery
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Rob Thomas

Rob Thomas is the creator and executive producer of the television series Veronica Mars. He is also a cocreator and executive producer of the cable television series Party Down. In addition to his television work, Thomas is the author of several young adult books including Rats Saw God, Slave Day, Satellite Down, and Doing Time: Notes From the Undergrad. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife Katie, daughter Greta, and son Hank. Visit him at SlaveRats.com.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I'm so late to the marshmellow thing, but I am a convert! And I really did like this book, as long as it is just a starting point. Anyone go back and reread other 'first in a series' books? They aren't always awesome and can have a lot of exposition. But anyway-as a VMars fan and a mystery fan, I really liked it. I have hope for bigger, more complex story arcs in the future (like Anne Perry's series) and more Wallace and Mac! They need more space and love, both in the book, and in the story. I'm really glad I bought this book, and I'm looking forward to the next. Don't let us down, Rob Thomas!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Initial thoughts- I'm glad to have more Veronica, but the prose style is a bit offputting so far. A bit dense, overly descriptive, where I was hoping for clever and snappy. Hopefully that's just the setup. I think first person would have worked better. Anyway, fingers crossed, I really want to love this book!

    Final Review- So, this was a great book. A twisty clever mystery, witty one-lines, nice character study, thrilling action, awesome characters. It had that Veronica Mars spark. It was nice to get more of a glimpse into Veronica's head too, though I still think 1st person would have been better, to get maximum Veronica. And the scene descriptions were a bit heavy and cliched. It starts where the movie left off, which was probably the right choice (though prequels of high school Veronica would be cool too). Whilst great, it was still nowhere near the quality of a Veronica Mars TV episode. I think TV's a better medium. And at LEAST 50% of Veronica's charm comes from Kristen Bell, and the same with the other characters. The LoVe relationship especially was mostly a resultmof the great chemistry between the actors.

    So the final verdict? Great read on its own, fills some of those VMars holes left by the end of the show, but ultimately a TV reboot/sequel show would be 100x more exciting. More, more, more!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I loved this tv series and this book picks up where the movie ended we get to see all the old gang
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    If I could give it 4.5 stars, I would. Overall, I'm very happy with this installment of Veronica Mars. Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham did an excellent job of putting the essence of the series in novel form. A fun read full of wit and page-turning mystery!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    3 stars for the writing (Rob Thomas, you're a little too hung up on adjectives) and 4 stars for the plot (twists that took me by surprise but were still fairly believable).
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I really enjoyed this one. I've heard some complaints that the third-person narrative removed you too much from Veronica's first person POV like in the show. I listened to this as an audiobook, narrated by Kristin Bell, so that wasn't an issue for me -- it all felt like Veronica telling me a story. Lots of appearance by fan favourite (and least favourite) characters, a mystery with a personal connection to Veronica... all great fun. Looking forward to the next in this series.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Fans of the television series will recognize the characters and setting of this story. It picks up right where the recent movie left off. I enjoyed the mystery, but missed the romance between Veronica and Logan.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I was a marshmallow (at least for the first two seasons of Veronica Mars.... I thought the third season was fairly dismal) so I was happy that creator Rob Thomas decided to put together a mystery series based on the show. I thought "The Thousand Dollar Tan Line" was pretty well done and a fun read.The novel takes place a few months after the Veronica Mars movie ends -- with Veronica finally embracing her destiny to be a private investigator. She gets roped into investigating the disappearance of a girl from a spring break party. The mystery unravels itself neatly and is entertaining.The book captures Veronica's voice really well. I wish there were more interaction between Veronica and Logan and Keith in particular. The strength of the show was the repartee between the characters, and while there was some of that in the book, I would have liked more. I liked the book enough, though, that I'll definitely read the next installment.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Interesting mix of soft-boiled PI and NA. Good story, but the title does not work well.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This is a review of the audiobook. I'm so happy this was read by Kristen Bell. I have a feeling I wouldn't have enjoyed it nearly as much as I did, had it been narrated by anyone else. There isn't anything really special about this book, but if you love Veronica Mars then you will likely enjoy this.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    If you enjoyed Veronica Mars, you will enjoy this audio book. It's narrated by Kristen Bell. You get ally the witty banter, asides and snark you loved in the show and movie with the the wonderful reading by Ms. Bell.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Really liked it and the narrator was super but I really missed Kristen Bell!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Fans of the television series will recognize the characters and setting of this story. It picks up right where the recent movie left off. I enjoyed the mystery, but missed the romance between Veronica and Logan.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I AM SO PLEASED.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Felt like a whole season's worth of quality Veronica Mars episodes. Good stuff!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I shelved this in YA as even though Veronica is into her twenties, 'The Thousand Dollar Tan Line' still has a YA feel to it, although it didn't detract from my enjoyment of it. The combo of sass and humour alongside urban grit and crime still works in book form. The cameos of so many past characters were sometimes sketchy, but I loved the nostalgia dip, and want to read more.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    FAST read and great twist. Fun read.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I really liked the way this explores the situation Veronica finds herself in at the end of the film. She has returned home to work in the family PI business, but she has to negotiate what it means to work with her father, and not just for him, the way she did when she was a teenager. She also has to negotiate a long-distance relationship - timezone differences and the frustrations of being dependent upon emails and Skype calls.Other things I liked are things I like about Veronica Mars in general: Veronica's sarcasm and wit and quick thinking, her ingenuity in her investigating, her friendship with Wallace...However, I wasn't just caught up in the story because I wanted to see more of Veronica and her world. The mystery is tense and unafraid of becoming dark; it twists in unexpected ways. It also collides with Veronica's personal life and leaves her unable to be a completely objective investigator.The novel is written in a style which is heavy on the visual description. It's not a style everyone's going to to liking, but it indicated to me that the authors had the measure of their genre. Furthermore, with a few exceptions (like telling us what colour an unnamed journalist's hair was), the descriptions were effective - they build the atmosphere and provide insight into the characters.I listened to the audiobook, narrated by Kristen Bell, who does a fabulous job of the voices. Obviously, her voice for Veronica is perfect, and her voices for all the other characters are great - they are nicely distinct and capture the characters' personalities.... she had to wonder what it would be like when they had to go into the office together. Would they run tape down the middle of the room a la I Love Lucy? Would they even be able to wedge another desk in there? She imagined a toy-sized pink plastic desk next to his, a sticker reading "Fisher Price's My First Office Furniture" stuck to one corner. Her sitting with knees to her chest, typing furiously on a pretend computer while her father looked fondly on.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Warning: do not read if you have not watched the Veronica Mars filmVeronica is just barely keeping Mars Investigations afloat and keeping her worries at bay about not going back to New York to practice law. But then a girl goes missing while on spring break in Neptune and Veronica is asked to investigate. What she finds leads to a terrifyingly dangerous Mexican drug cartel and a blast from her past no one could have expected.I've been a long time fan of Veronica Mars and was super excited that Rob Thomas is continuing the plot in novel form. While the beginning of the book was a bit of a rough start for me (I was expecting a first person narrative from Veronica's perspective, similar to her voiceovers), I quickly settled in. It is possible to pick up these books without having seen the show or film but be warned there are plenty of spoilers if you do so. A decent mystery on its own merits and a must-read for any Veronica Mars fan.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Would I have given this book 5 stars if I wasn't such a huge marshmallow? Probably not, but it's still a fun mystery book. I loved every page and whipped through it in two days (sigh, when is the next one coming out?).

    At first I was disappointed that it wasn't written in first person (from Veronica's POV), but I realize that doing so would probably undermine the story. After all, the TV show wasn't always from her POV. You still get some nice commentary from Veronica.

    The banter is there, the whole gang is there, the dialogue is exactly what I'd expect to see in an episode. Not a single complaint. Looking forward to whatever they come up with next to feed my Mars fix!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    My sister bought this for me because we both loved the. Veronica Mars TV show and movie. The first book in the new line of novels occurs several months after the movie. Veronica is working at her father's detective office while her dad recovers from his injuries (he's not happy about her current line of work).The novel is right on tone with the TV show and managed to transition into adulthood well. Popular characters from the show crop up here and there (almost like a seedy Where's Waldo), and I could hear their voices in my head as I was reading.While I'm sure this might be a bit lite for avid mystery readers, I found the mystery interesting with a good set of twists along the way. The book does a good job of filling the hole for those who still long for the return of the show.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    (I listened to the audiobook, narrated by Kristen Bell. Bell's Tina Majorina impression is A .)

    This would have been a decent episode, but it's definitely not the same in book form. An unfair comparison, perhaps, but an inevitable one.

    (YAY NORRIS!!)
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I didn't see the movie but I think the book is way different than the movie. This was a fast and ultimately very good mystery, well told. Will gladly read the next one in the series.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I really really really wanted to listen to this on audio book but alas I could not afford it nor could I find it in any of the public libraries near me. I really think that had I been able to listen to this on audio book with Kristen Bell narrating it totally would have made the book for me. Sometimes I felt like I could clearly hear the characters from the show and movie and other times it was a little tougher. I think that having Veronica Mars narrate it would have added consistency to that feeling that would have made me happier. I was thrilled that the outcomes were not obvious and that there were some pretty good red herrings and I really enjoyed the standard Veronica Mars wit. I definitely plan on continuing with the series.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This book was great. I felt like I was watching a really intense episode of Veronica Mars. Thomas and Graham hit the characters' voices square on the head. Great twists, great case.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A fun read for fans of the tv show and movie. Veronica takes on the case of a missing girl during Neptune's spring break season, and ends up embroiled in a ransom case. Recommended.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Read it. Loved it. Hope that there are MANY more books to come.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I think it says just about everything I need to say about this book that I sat down with it and didn't get up until I'd finished. Seems like the mark of a good mystery to me! I thought Graham and Thomas did a perfectly good job of extending the Mars canon with this story, set just two months after the events of the recent movie. It moves quickly, the characters do what they do, and the mystery has just the right amount of oomph. Well done.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Great story. But the narrator's pace was a bit slower than what I had imagined.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Okay, so I've been on a "guilty pleasure" kick lately and have been reading books on the pulp side of the literary scale. This and the previous one (Seth MacFarlane's A Million Ways To Die in the West) were both written by people in the television industry who, for one reason or another, decided to try their hand at writing a novel.* This one was an extension of the Veronica Mars universe, and I, an amateur Marshmallow from years past, having just re-watched the entire series leading up to the release of the movie (guilty pleasure, like I said; I hold my head high), heard that Rob Thomas was writing a couple of novels to extend the story line—probably testing the Audience Reaction waters to see if there was enough interest in pursuing the story on film or TV or internet—and thought it might be fun to see what happens to Veronica next. When I heard that the audio book was read by Kristin Bell herself, I couldn't resist. I downloaded the Audible copy and gave it a listen.Therefore, my review is torn in two. The book itself was so-so. I might grade it better than the last one I read because it was simply better written and a better story. But that's like saying I'm a better basketball player than the handicapped kid I went to grade school with (i.e., not saying much). This book plays out like an extended TV episode of the original show, which was a recurring complaint about the movie as well, in that I don't think Thomas realized the potential of the longer format (e.g., movie or novel) and what all he can do with it. So okay, there's one ding against it. Furthermore, it was written in the third person, when the entire TV show was told (more or less) in the first person from Veronica's POV, even giving her frequent narrative voice-overs. What a wasted opportunity for a novel where POV choice is so critical! Ding number two. The writing itself was about average. I found nothing wrong with it, just nothing spectacular either. Story: fair. Writing: fair. Now, the audio book (in case anybody is interested) is something any Marshmallow (amateur or otherwise) should check out. Kristin Bell does a great job narrating. In the past, I've been a little turned off by "named" actors stepping in an doing the audio of a book I want to listen to because it's a different acting skill needed to create unique voices for the different characters. Most professional narrators do a fine-to-great job at this. With actors, I've found, it can be hit or miss. Bell was a hit. Not only did she do a great job portraying characters I was familiar with from the TV show (not mimicking their voices, per se, which would have been really difficult for anybody besides a trained mimic, but rather their speech patterns to make them recognizable) but she created unique and new voices for the other characters that popped up as well. While some actors simply "phone it in" knowing that their name recognition is what the audio book producers are paying for, Bell put her heart and soul into it. That was obvious. And having her read the story made up for the lack of the first person narrative (a little bit).So while I may give the book itself a slightly lower than average grade, I have to bump it up a little for the quality of the audio. Would I recommend it to any non-Marshmallow? no chance. But for us, it's worth a read. Especially a listen.* NB: What is it with these TV people bringing their own lingo to the written page? Both authors made frequent use of the word "beat" in their narrative, as in "she paused for a beat and then..." Maybe it's just me, but that threw off my inner reverie every time I saw (or heard) it. A "beat" is a very theatrical term. I don't think writers outside of that community use it quite the same way or nearly as often. Maybe I'm wrong. But I digress...