Die for Love

A Jacqueline Kirby Mystery

By: Elizabeth Peters

Narrated by: Grace Conlin

The annual Historical Romance Writers of the World convention in New York City is calling to Jacqueline Kirby, a Nebraska librarian who desperately desires some excitement. But all is not love and kisses at this august gathering of starry-eyed eccentrics and sentimental scribes. As far as Jacqueline is concerned, the sudden "natural" death of a gossip columnist seems anything but. And when she's approached by a popular genre star who fears for her own life, the resourceful Ms. Kirby quickly goes back to work...as a sleuth.

There's a sinister scenario being penned at this purple prose congregation. And when jealousy and passion are released from the boundaries of the printed page, the result can be murder.

©1984 Elizabeth Peters (P)1997 Blackstone Audio

Love Elizabeth’s Peter’s books but this isn’t one of the best

I have read this book twice and now listened on audible and it’s just not engaging. Especially compared to Elizabeth Peters other books. Just kind of boring and I didn’t care about the characters at all

A good listen

A decent story which will pass the time in an entertaining way. Grace Conklin reads it well but, as in all the books she reads, she mispronounces half a dozen words over the course of each book which is jarring to those who are familiar with them.

The usual enjoyable romp!!

How can you go wrong with Ms. Peters writing, Grace Colin narrating, and Jacqueline Kirby as the "star"?
I don't know if it is the first JK novel by Ms Peters but this is the start of her career as a writer of romantic novels. It is clever and has a fine mystery in the midst of the wonder that is Jacqueline and her purse!! I enjoyed it!!

A fun comment on the romance industry of the 1980s

Elizabeth Peters’ strong-minded librarian heroine takes advantage of an opportunity to escape a small-town Nebraska winter by attending a historical romance writers conference. Cynical commercial shenanigans lead to murder and Jacqueline takes a hand in solving it. Some of the issues of the 1980s remain in the 21st century, and many of the characters show snobbery about romance novels and their readers, but we can also,see that a lot of progress has been made in the world of romance publishing.

A funny Romance

A great twist on historical romance and murder that only Elizabeth Peter's mind could invent.