Murder of a Royal Pain (Scumble River Series #11)

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Overview

When school psychologist Skye Denison stumbles over the body of pushy “Promfest” chairperson Annette Paine during a Halloween fundraiser, it looks like a clear-cut case of promicide. Annette was not the only prom mom desperate to see her daughter crowned queen. But she was also wearing the same witch costume as Skye, so which witch was the intended victim?

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780451226587
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
  • Publication date: 4/7/2009
  • Format: Mass Market Paperback
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 272
  • Sales rank: 204,043
  • Series: Scumble River Series , #11
  • Product dimensions: 6.80 (w) x 4.22 (h) x 0.73 (d)

Meet the Author

Denise Swanson worked as a school psychologist for more than twenty-two years. She lives in Illinois with her husband, Dave, who is a classical music composer, and their cool black cat, Boomerang. For more information, visit her website: www.deniseswanson.com

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  • Posted February 1, 2009

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    Another pleasant stay in Scumble creek

    Denise Swanson is one of my favorite authors. She manages to take me away from everything else in my world and lets me escape to Scumble Creek for a vacation. Of course what is relaxing for me is often the opposite for series character Skye Denison, school psychologist. In MURDER OF A ROYAL PAIN (I love her titles) prom mother from hell, Annette Paine is found dead. The candidates for suspects are plenty because Annette wasn¿t the only crazy mother who feels the need to live vicariously through her daughter and see her crowned queen. Annette¿s husband looks perfect for a set of handcuffs as well. As usual Skye¿s life is crazy and her own problems are only made more complicated by her involvement in trying to get to the bottom of the murder.
    Swanson has given me many a smile and many hours of wonderful fun reading.
    This is just another in a long line of really great books. Denise Swanson is amazing

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted February 1, 2009

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    Denise Swanson¿s Scrumble River mysteries are always fun to read

    Scrumble River school psychologist Skye Denison is not having an easy time of it. After several years of pleading and nagging the local Illinois school board to hire a sociologist, they employ Jackie Jennings. From the very start, Skye has a bad feeling about the newcomer who says and does things that put her in a bad light. Jackie also is territorial; sitting in Ske¿s chair and moving furniture without checking. She also volunteers to help with the Halloween fundraiser for Promfest.

    Jackie¿s volunteering forces Skye to agree to help too. Skye becomes one of the three witches who in costume look alike. She hates funhouses having been left alone in one as a child. While performing her role, Skye runs across the body of one of the other witches, "Promfest" chairperson Annette Paine. While Deputy police officer Quirk quickly rules it an accident, Skye disagrees as the victim lived up to her surname. With Police Chief Wally out of town, Skye enlists coroner Simon and news reporter Kurt to team up with her to investigate the ¿promicide.¿ When someone tries to run Skye over, she reconsiders her hypothesis and wonders if the culprit intended to kill a different witch.

    Denise Swanson¿s Scrumble River mysteries are always fun to read and her eleventh ¿Murder of ¿¿ is as enjoyable as the previous ones (see MURDER OF A CHOCOLATE COVERED CHERRY). Readers obtain a look at small-town Midwest living through a solid realistic cast especially the recurring characters, the students and their parents. The investigation is clever as Skye initially planned to stay out of it; gets involved; and changes her premise a couple of times leading to a strong whodunit with solid twists.

    Harriet Klausner

    2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted May 23, 2009

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    A good addition to the series

    While not among Swanson's better entries in the series, this was still a fun fluff read.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted May 22, 2009

    More Scumble River Craziness

    I enjoyed this book as I have all of the others in the series. I am still waiting for some action with the main character and her cop boyfriend. They never seem to get it together and he has been absent a bit too much in the last couple of books.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted April 24, 2010

    Murder of a Royal Pain

    True to Swanson's style and is a great continuation of her wonderful series. A joy to read and a great escape.

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  • Posted April 9, 2010

    Back to Scumble River

    Once again, denise Swanson draws us into the familiar Scumble River Valley with the characters we've come to know for the past fifteen years. Although following her usual gripping style, I realized I'm beginning to wonder how such a small town as Scumble River is able to continuously provide so many victims of violent crime.
    Look past that, I found the plot to be a little less than what I've come to know from Swanson, but since there's still the beloved teaser of what's yet to come, I'm looking forward to the next installment.

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  • Posted October 14, 2009

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    funny! (and spooky)

    this is the funniest book in the series to date! has the funniest scene and funniest play on words and phrases. this series has cute sayings ,but this one is lol!

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  • Posted July 25, 2009

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    M<urder of a Royal Pain

    Love this series. The characters are flawed, funny, and realistic-other than Skye running into so many dead bodies, but you can't have a murder mystery series without that! Denise Swanson's writing is witty and very readable, with a light touch of social commentary that makes it a bit more than just a cozy mystery read. Highly recommended!

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  • Posted April 28, 2009

    Good but she has written better

    I like the uncle, brother, best friend, and ghosts in her house. I would also like her to explore her house and all the interesting items left to her. This is a good book but there are so many things she can do with her old home.

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