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Murder She Wrote – A Date With Murder by Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain, and Jon Land is Jon Land’s debut novel with the series, first published in 1989. Jon Land is a USA Today and International Book award-winning author of 43 books, including one of my favorites, the Caitlin Strong series. Jon Land wrote A Date With Murder with Donald Bain, author of more than one hundred and twenty books, before his passing in 2017.

From the mouth of Jon Land:  Taking over Murder, She Wrote is one of the greatest opportunities I’ve ever had as an author, if not the greatest. This isn’t just  a series of books, it’s a brand that enjoys near universal recognition, both because of the fabulously successful TV show and the long string of terrific books that followed by the great Don Bain. I look forward to living up to both those traditions…Having grown up relishing the likes of Agatha Christie, Earl Stanley Gardner, Rex Stout and Ed McBain, this opportunity allows me to go back to my roots and find the same joy in writing that I did in reading those classic mysteries.”  Donald Bain’s grandson, Zachary Bain, will serve as an early reader and consultant for future books in the series.

I am honored to be an early reader for such a timeless series! Thank you Jon Land, Berkley Publicity and Penguin Random House.

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MY REVIEW

I don’t know if there is any mystery lover out there who does not know Jessica Fletcher. Jessica is no spring chicken, but she can keep up with the best of them. She doesn’t drive a car, but she can fly a plane, and is often seen cruising around town on her bicycle.

Jessica loved it when Babs and Hal moved into town. They were a breath of fresh air and Babs quickly became a best friend. When Hal turns up dead at his anniversary/Labor Day party, Jessica gets one of her ‘feelings’…and we know where that is going, don’t we? She has a curiosity that has to be fed and will need some help on this one.

How can a small town like Cabot Cove be such a magnet for murder? Or are the murders drawn to Jessica Fletcher? If trouble doesn’t find her, does she go to it?

Her research takes her coast to coast as she searches for the answers.

I quickly surmised that ??? is the dastardly villain, but I am still eager to follow the path of the story and see where Jessica takes me. She is such a fun character, with some interesting friends and she gives the authorities a run for their money as she tries to solve the mystery herself.

I have been reading Murder She Wrote novels for a long time now, and I still watch the Murder She Wrote reruns to this day. That makes it so easy to visualize Jessica as she tools around town solving crime.

Jon, you did a great job with your first foray into Jessica Fletcher’s world. A Date With Murder had the timeless feel of the past novels I have read in the Murder, She Wrote series. Jessica is the same sassy character who recruits her friends to help her solve the mystery, getting them in trouble and putting them in danger, all while dodging the authorities. The mystery is more than a little cozy, so I do recommend the reader not get too complaisant. You just never know what’s right around the corner.

I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of A Date With Murder by Jon Land,

  4 Stars

GOODREADS BLURB

Jessica Fletcher investigates a friend’s disappearance and a dangerous dating service in the latest entry in this USA Today bestselling series…

Jessica Fletcher’s old-fashioned values are tested when her friend Barbara “Babs” Wirth joins an online dating service after the untimely death of her beloved husband. Never one to be an unsupportive friend, Jessica joins in Babs’s happiness when she meets Ashcroft Jenkins online and plans to meet him in person.

But Babs never returns home after her date with Ashcroft. Jessica must race against the clock to retrace all of Babs’s steps in order to find out who’s the foul player in all of this. When another woman disappears after using the same dating service, Jessica teams up with cantankerous private eye Harry McGraw to find out what’s happening to all of the single ladies…

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ABOUT JON LAND AND DONALD BAIN

Jon Land is a USA Today and International Book award-winning author of 43 books, including one of my favorites, the Caitlin Strong series. Jon Land wrote A Date With Murder with Donald Bain, author of more than one hundred and twenty books, before his passing in 2017.

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