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    Killer Market
    Killer Market
    Killer Market
    Audiobook8 hours

    Killer Market

    Written by Margaret Maron

    Narrated by C.J. Critt

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    The Deborah Knott mysteries have won a devoted following, as well as Edgar, Agatha, Anthony and Macavity awards. Readers across the country love Judge Knott's new southern woman's sensibilities and the intelligence she uses to unravel the snarled cases that come her way. Killer Market takes the quintessential steel magnolia to the hub of North Carolina's massive furniture industry. Although she's there to sub for a fellow judge, Deborah soon gets caught up in the whirl of the International Home Furnishings Market and finds herself a suspect in a high-power murder case. The feisty judge must use her courtroom experience and intuitive skills to strip through layers of deception if she is to clear her own name. Margaret Maron draws from her own rural southern roots to craft her trademark authentic settings and characters. C.J. Critt, with her perfect comic timing and hint of a southern accent, brings out the full flavor of Maron's insider's North Carolina.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateNov 26, 2007
    ISBN9781449800406
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    • 4/5
      A chilling misadventure begins when Deborah, hunting high and lowboy for lodging, is befriended by an eccentric old lady calling herself Mrs. Jernigan. Deborah follows the chiffon-clad Good Samaritan through rooms of French provincial and high-tech modern when the lady suddenly vanishes, leaving a sexy hunk of manhood dead and motionless on a pricey piece of "motion" furniture. Who is the mysterious Mrs. Jernigan and why is Deborah herself suspected of killing a furniture executive who specialized in making after-hours bedroom arrangements and cutthroat deals? To clear her name, Deborah has to table all other plans and investigate. But the knotty heart of this case is a secret well hidden behind a wall of silence about a woman's past. It will take all Deborah's courtroom experience and intuitive skills to strip through layers of deception to solve a whodunit that is strictly top-shelf...
    • 3/5
      Synopsis: Deborah is in a small town when the furniture market occurs. She didn't have the foresight to book a hotel room, not knowing that the market was a big deal, and is looking for a place to stay. She meets a woman who takes her to a reception and will then find her a place to stay. Unfortunately, this woman doesn't appear to be sane. Deborah does find a place, and is immediately embroiled in a murder case. This case may also explain the insane woman and the relationships among several people who are seemingly unrelated.Review: Not a bad story, but rather thin on the plot.
    • 4/5
      Judge Knott does Market Week in High Point and we learn much about the Home furnishing Industry and its denizens. A dead body appears and leads to serious family; not hers, this time, revelations and ramifications before Deborah sorts it out. Another good story and another NC venue is the appropriate setting.
    • 4/5
      I don't think Killer Market is as good as the other book by Margaret Maron I read, or as most of hers are judging from reviews. There was too much intertwined detail about the family ties of a bunch of rather peripheral characters. But I like Deborah Knott, the judge/protagonist, the way she talks and think. What I liked best about the book was the local color, all the details about High Point, a furniture making capital, Furniture Market Week there, and the furniture business in general. Very North Carolina!
    • 4/5
      Ah, furniture. Deborah has been loaned out again, this time it's to a town called High Point where there is a massive furniture showing/conference/selling event going on.We start very much In Media Res in this novel. An old acquaintance of Deb's has gotten killed and her purse also happened to be right near the victim.Of course, Deb also just happens to be bunking with the victim's extended family because there's no room at any of the inns/hotels/motels. And she gets caught up in the investigation, very caught up.This was an interesting novel, there was some discussion of mental illness in it and a whole lotta discussion of furniture and the furniture business. Most of it I totally didn't understand, but the amount of it was helped by the fact that Deborah had no idea what anyone was saying either.This fifth in the Deborah Knot series wasn't the worst, or the best, it was well written and plotted and a solid four star book.
    • 3/5
      I saw this while browsing in the library - at 15 years old, I may have read it already, but don't remember it. The stories of this Southern judge are always good light reading.
    • 4/5
      I'm a Margaret Maron fan anyway, but I especially enjoyed this book because it was set in High Point, a city near where I used to live. It was unusual and fun to read a mystery involving the Furniture Market.
    • 5/5
      Great Deborah Knott Mystery book!
    • 5/5
      After reading a serious history of World War I, I needed something light and fun and who better to turn to than Margaret Maron. I love her books and have been saving a couple I found at a book sale.Judge Deborah Knott not only has a huge family, she has many friends throughout the South, and occasionally is sent to fill in for a vacationing judge in some interesting little town. This time she's been sent to High Point, North Carolina and doesn't realize until she arrives and finds every motel filled that it is Market Week. That's the week when everyone who is anyone in the furniture business arrives in High Point to sell, steal ideas, entertain, and oh yes, there's a murder.Thankfully Deborah runs into an old friend from law school who had to drop out when her daughter was severely injured in an accident. Dixie then wound up in the furniture design business. Her best friend and neighbor Pell Austin, has a spare bedroom Deborah can occupy. That good news is clouded by Deborah finding the murder victim who happens to be Dixie's son-in-law. The story is convoluted but easy to follow with the fun mix of characters that we've come to expect in a Maron mystery. One of them is a woman who was a brilliant designer until she fell victim to bipolar disease; she won't stay on her medications and so is believed to be a crazy bag lady. Through the story we learn a lot about the ins and outs of furniture design and marketing. It appears to be a more cut-throat business than I would have thought. This is a good story, a fun read, and one I recommend.
    • 4/5
      5th in the Judge Deborah Knott series set in North Carolina.Deborah is sitting in for a colleague in High Point, North Carolina during Market Week, when buyers from all over the world descend on the small town of High Point to check out the latest offerings in the furniture and furnishings industry. A murder occurs; the victim is a very old acquaintance of Deborah’s. She is reluctantly involved in the investigation.That’s the plot. While Maron’s plots always revolve around some central theme, usually social, the theme—the North Carolina furniture industry—seems the justification for the book; the plot is just a rationalization. As such, it is the weakest of the Deborah Knott series to this point. None of the recurring characters are present, and while the one-timers are adequate, the furniture industry dominates the book. It’s interesting, no question, but the plot is a bare thread, and there are weaknesses that usually don’t occur in Maron’s stories.Deborah herself is such a strong character and so well-drawn by this point in this series that she carries the book based on Maron's obvious affection for her. Some of the scenes, portrayed as overheard conversations among sales representatives, are truly funny; Maron has a real flair for dialogue, and the humor spices up the book. In addition, Maron's sure touch with regional idioms and customs adds the usual strength and interest to the book. These save the book from being merely vehicle for promotion of the furniture industry and the international market held in High Point.It’s a good book, an interesting read, but definitely not her best.