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Dude on Arrival (Sarah Deane, Bk 5)
Author: J. S. Borthwick

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Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780312929558 - ISBN-10: 0312929552
Publication Date: 11/15/1992
Pages: 306


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Paperback

Book Description:
Dude on Arrival: A Christmas Mystery
English teacher Sarah Deane and her boyfriend, Dr. Alex McKenzie, leave snowy Maine to join Sarah's feisty Aunt Julia for Christmas at the exclusive Rancho del Gato Blanco resort in Arizona. But they soon realize there's no place like home for the holidays when ranch guests become the prey of a prankster whose destructive acts are tallying up like a Yuletide carol:

Garden hose a-spraying... Lounge chair collapsing... Mud in the coffee... Golf carts a-stalling... Rubber snake in bathtub... Wagon wheel a-flying...

The pranks take a murderous turn Christmas morning when one of the guests turns up dead among the gifts in Santa's sack. Sarah and Alex are certain the killer lurks among them. Could it be quirky clerk Cookie Logan? Aging film star Maria Cornish? Her hot-tempered beau Blue Feather Romero? Head wrangler Peter Doubler? Or someone in the entourage of U.S. Senator Leo J. Hopgood? The police even have eccentric Aunt Julia on their list of suspects -- but if Sarah and Alex don't find the killer fast, they could all end up on the list of victims.

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Barbara L. wrote on 5/9/2009...


English teacher Sarah Deane and her boyfriend, Dr. Alex McKenzie leavy snowy Maine to join Sarah's aunt for Christmas at the exclusive Rancho del Gato Blanco resort in Arizona. But they soon ralize there's no place like home for the holidays when ranch guests become the prey of a prankster whose destructive acts are tallying up like a Yuletide carol: Garden hose a spraying, lounge chair collapsing, mud in the coffee, golf carts a stalling .. The pranks take a murderous turn Christmas morning when one of the guests turns up dead among the gifts in Santa's ack. Sarah and Alex are certain the killer lurks among them. If they don't find the killer fast, they could all end up on the list of victims.

Larry G. (aardvark) wrote on 4/27/2007...


Funny, well plotted adventure, literate, with a surprise ending.

Cheryl K. (mamakane) wrote on 12/14/2006...


A fun mystery to read during the holidays, or anytime. A series of pranks at an Arizona resort lead to murder. Or are they unrleated events? My favorite prank was the numerous golf balls left on the golf green at the blind turn of the dog leg. Can you imagine, having a great shot, come around the corner and there are all those balls hiding your moment of glory. Those that like horses, will enjoy the horseback riding in this book.

(loveangel) wrote on 3/25/2006...


packed with murder and mayhem
someone has decked the halls with murder


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