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Norway to Hide: A Passport to Peril Mystery | 
 enlarge | Author: Maddy Hunter
Publisher: Pocket
Category: Book
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 29106
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 304
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Dimensions (in): 6.4 x 4.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 1416523804
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781416523802
ASIN: 1416523804
Publication Date: October 30, 2007
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Sure, Jackie Thum's newly published novel might not be Hemingway, but bad reviews from her fellow travelers have Emily Andrew's transgender ex-husband (Jackie was formerly Jack) steaming like a sauna. It's a dismal start to their Scandinavian tour, and group leader Emily is getting that sinking feeling in Helsinki: something fishy this way comes. When Jackie's most outspoken critic, a Floridian from a picture-perfect gated community called The Hamlets, is found dead, suspicion falls on Jackie -- who surprises everyone with an airtight alibi. But when another guest turns up dead, Emily realizes there is a killer hiding among them. Herrings, both red and pickled, abound on a Norwegian fjord cruise -- and Jackie is suddenly nowhere to be found. With her mother arranging a wedding disaster for Emily back home in Iowa, Emily must somehow salvage her nuptials from overseas while icing a killer -- before someone else meets a nasty Finnish.
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 Not bad November 2, 2007
Bookworm (USA)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Norway to Hide is not my favorite installment in the Passport to Peril series, but I still found it entertaining.
Fun, quirky thirty-something tour escort Emily Andrew and her group of lovable yet slightly annoying Iowa senior citizens are back on another tour, this time to Norway. Unfortunately, there is a group of senior citizens from Florida who is also on the tour and the two groups of seniors have taken a disliking to each other. What's more, there is something quite odd about the Florida group: they live in a freakishly-perfect, gated retirement community and each of them seem to have something to hide. As usual, poor Emily stumbles upon dead bodies, the victims of course being members of the tour group. With the aid of her irrepressible Nana, and some long distance detective help from her fiance and long distance computer hacking help from her mother, she begins to piece together the motive.
Compounding Emily's worries is the fact that a tornado hit Iowa and destroyed the bridal shop, the church, and the location where her reception was supposed to be held. While Emily tries to find the killer on their tour in Norway, her well-intentioned mother has taken over the wedding preparations back home, and let's just say her taste is quite different from Emily's, and from that of other normal human beings, for that matter.
My only two criticisms of the book is that there was too much focus on Jackie's histrionics (a little bit of her goes a long way) and that the tour of Norway was sort of shoved into the background. Usually, in these books, the author describes various areas in whichever country the book is set in, but not so much this time.
I would still recommend this book to fans of Maddy Hunter's Passport to Peril series, and to any fan of fun, cozy, laugh-out-loud mysteries. I highly recommend you read this series in order.
1. Alpine for You (tour of Switzerland)
2. Top O' the Mournin' (tour of Ireland)
3. Pasta Imperfect (tour of Italy)
4. Hula Done It? (Hawaiian cruise)
5. G'Day to Die (tour of Australia)
6. Norway to Hide (tour of Norway)
 Entertaining entry in a fun and light series November 6, 2007
mysfan
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
The latest entry in Maddy Hunter's series does not disappoint those who expect a quick and fun read. This series is not meant to be heavy and serious, so the negative reviews are a bit puzzling. Emily Andrews, the protagonist, is quite likable as she strives to handle the bizarre occurrences and deaths that plague her trips, this time to Norway. Her tour group is quirky, but enjoyable, especially Nana and Jackie. While to some, the solution to the murders in this book may seem a bit unrealistic, anyone choosing books in this genre must suspend belief somewhat, but that's part of the charm of reading this type of book. This series continues to be fun. Give it a chance.
 Disappointing October 29, 2007
Chris (New York, NY)
5 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is usually one of my favorite mystery series. I was very disappointed in this installment. The motive for the murders is so utterly ridiculous I had to read the last few chapters twice just to make sure I didn't miss the real motive somewhere. The ending was so rushed it left me feeling like I was missing a chapter or two of the book. Jack/Jackie was featured in this novel along with the other usual travel companions which provided quite a bit of humor. I am hoping this weak story was just a one time thing and the next installment is more like the previous books in this series.
riveting who-done-it October 31, 2007
Harriet Klausner
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
It is time once again for travel escort Emily Andrews and her group of senior citizens to embark on another tour of a foreign country. They are traveling to Scandinavia concentrating on Finland and Norway. Emily's fondest hope is this trip proves to be no "Passport to Peril"; meaning no dead bodies to deal with especially since her ex-husband Jack (now Jackie after a transgender operation) published her book, which is ranked and rated on Amazon.
The Iowans are on the Midnight Sun Adventure tour with a group of Floridians senior citizens, who live in the affluent gated community Hamlet. The two groups don't get along but even Emily is surprised to find the leader of the other Hamlet group Portia Van Cleef murdered, strangled by a fish and plum necklace. At first Jackie is the prime suspect because she threatened her with violence but the police can't hold her because there is no evidence and others had a motive to kill her. When another Hamlet is killed, a Pulitzer prize winning reporter, Emily believes she needs to clear her group so she decides to investigate. Everyone wants the killer caught because the travel group doesn't want to keep looking over their shoulders for a murderer.
Maddy Hunter writes a riveting who-done-it that will appeal to armchair travelers and readers who like a meaty cozy plot with no blood and guts flowing. The heroine has not had a good time on this trip as she deals with cranky travelers, a despondent writer who was totally obsessed with the numbers concerning her book, long distance wedding plans that have to be changed because a twister destroyed the place she was going to get married. Oh yes, she needs to find the killer to salvage what is left of the trip. The humor spread out throughout the storyline is used as a tension reliever.
Harriet Klausner
Good read November 12, 2007
Alexis E. Christopher (Boston, MA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
In Norway to Hide, Ms. Hunter continues to delight me with her characters, plot and descriptions. Add in the general foibles of group travel touring; the action, re-action and interaction of two groups on a tour; the idiosyncrasies of the Scandinavian culture with murder and mayhem and you have an entertaining read that captures the attention.
Emily Andrew's and her band of stalwart Iowa senior citizens are off on another adventure hopefully without any dead bodies. Their Scandinavian tour includes a group of seniors from a closed Florida gated community - very select, very proper. And that's where the fun begins. Of course bodies are found - with each group pointing to the other.
This book follows in the tradition of the Passport to Peril mystery series. I would highly recommend the series start to finish.
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