Number, Please (Telephone Company Mystery)

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Summary: Curl up with this book...
Review: and a cup of tea on a rainy afternoon and you won't be disapointed. Number, Please is a fun, engaging read from the fresh, unique setting (the phone company in the 1960s) to the multiple cast of characters, that amazingly do not overwhelm the reader with too large of a cast while still giving a three-dimensional view of each character. The tension is built slowly and with a few surprising twists that kept this mystery buff reader entertained and not quite sure who did it until the very end. I look forward to more novels from this author.

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Summary: A real page turner!
Review: I loved this book! Once I started it, I couldn't put it down.
I love how the author had a surprise ending and introduced all the characters early on so everyone looked like a suspect! Ms. Petree's characters are well described and not knowing anything about the telephone company, I felt like I was sitting at the switchboard myself. I can't wait for Sheree Petree's next book!!!

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Summary: Nice backdrop
Review: The phone company in Santa Cruz in the sixties might seem like an unlikely venue for a mystery, but it's one of the best things about this book. The side commentary on the lives of working women is there without being heavy handed. The mystery plot was so-so, and the pacing lagged at times. But the basic premise is happily reminescent of classics like Sorry, Wrong Number and I liked it well enough that I'll read the sequel.