The Bee Balm Murders: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (Martha's Vineyard Mysteries) Review

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The Bee Balm Murders: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (Martha's Vineyard Mysteries) ReviewAs soon as I finish one I look forward to the next Victoria Trumbull mystery, but this one was disappointing. The story was okay, but 99% of the characters were just for this book. The regular characters had a cameo appearance or none at all. Victoria was just stumbling around and things fell into place. Her granddaughter that lives in the house was invisible. Casey had learned in the past to pay attention to Victoria, but just pushed her away this time. There was no feeling of the character we have known in the past as Casey. Victoria's thinking was clouded by Lyme disease and antibiotics. This lasted the whole book. Instead of bringing in someone who worked with the new characters get her a native teenage helper that can dance around the computer and teach Victoria a bit of how to surf the web. I hope the next book is back to the original standards.The Bee Balm Murders: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (Martha's Vineyard Mysteries) OverviewThe one-of-a-kind sleuth Victoria Trumbull must solve another puzzling mystery on Martha's Vineyard, her Island home. It's spring on the Island, and at the suggestion of her beekeeper, Victoria takes in a new boarder, Orion Nanopoulos. Orion is leading a project to lay a fiber-optic cable across the island. When a body is found in the trench where they are laying the cable, Orion tells Victoria he recognizes the dead man as someone who was a potential investor. Victoria, renowned for her skill at solving crimes and for her knowledge about the Island's residents, is hired by the dead man's sons to investigate the murder. The Bee Balm Murders is the tenth entry in this delightful cozy series. Boasting a unique heroine, an eccentric cast, and beautiful descriptions of Martha's Vineyard, it's sure to please fans and create new ones.

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Murder With All the Trimmings: Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper Review

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Murder With All the Trimmings: Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper ReviewI have all of Elaine Viets mystery shopper and dead end job mysteries and I love them all. I have to say by far, this is the best of the mystery shopper series. I have noticed that more and more mystery series are going for holiday themes, i.e. Joanna Carl's The Chocolate Snowman Murders and Shirley Murphy's 2007 Cat Deck the Halls Joe Grey Mystery. I cannot speak for the Murphy mystery as I have not read it yet, but I can safely say Viets beats out Carl's Snowman Murders for the better holiday mystery.
Josie Marcus is a loveable protaganist as a single mom and amateur sleuth and the recurring cast of characters is what holds the wonderful series together. In this book, Josie is soured on Christmas because she feels that she has been looking at holiday decorations since Labor Day, but when she is ordered to mystery shop two of the three holiday stores that have cropped up or lose her job, she does what any good mystery shopper would do, sucks it up, hopes for the best and brings a witness. The second shop is owned by her current boyfriend's rather colorful ex who would be more at home in a Halloween store than a Christmas shop. The experience is exactly what Josie expects and she writes an honest report, which as expected complicates everything. Viets doesn't stop there, she adds Josie's daughter's father into the mix who has recently been released from Canadian prison, where he has been serving a sentence for drug dealing.
What I love about the book, besides that it's Christmas-y, is that even though there are several complex issues being addressed, it never gets messy that it feels like Viets forgets what she's doing and the plot never bogs down. The end of the book is wrapped up like a tidy Christmas package and leaves me waiting eagerly for the next book in series, just as it should. If you're a fan of the mystery shopper series, you definitely want to add this to your collection and if you're just starting, I suggest you begin with the first book in the series and I promise you'll be clamoring for this one.Murder With All the Trimmings: Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper OverviewA humbug of a Shopping mystery... From The Anthony and Agatha Award-Winning Author of Accessory to MurderIncludes insider shopping tips! Mystery shopper Josie Marcus doesn't get the appeal of the year-round Christmas shop. But when three such holiday houses pop up within two blocks, she's assigned to rate them anonymously. Easy enough, Josie thinks, until she realizes that shoppers at one store are finding a strange—even deadly—secret ingredient in their holiday cake. And Josie must get to the bottom of it all before someone else becomes a Christmas spirit.

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A House to Die For (A Darby Farr Mystery) Review

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A House to Die For (A Darby Farr Mystery) Review"A House to Die For" by Vicki Doudera is one of those rare gems in fiction that the reader doesn't want to end. Doudera has done an exceptional job in character development, exciting pace and unexpected twists of plot. Her prose is well written, accessible and at times, very funny. Still lurking below the pockets of grins lies a darker tale...one that draws the reader in further and further, around a labyrinth of interwoven sub-plots. Before the reader knows it, she has followed the writer down the rabbit hole and into the minds of the characters. Far from being one dimensional, or at the other extreme so prevalent in mystery fiction, too frantic a pace, the novel progresses smoothly, arriving at an unexpected, and surprising, climax of action. Readers who enjoyed "Grange House" by Sarah Blake, or the novels by Joanna Challis, will find Doudera's "A House to Die For" to be an intoxicating, delightful and impossible to put down read.
Vicki Doudera is the author of several non-fiction books, as well as worked as a successful real estate agent. She uses both of these previous skills in creating the fabulous character of Darby Farr. I look forward to her next novel with great anticipation!A House to Die For (A Darby Farr Mystery) Overview
Red-hot real estate agent Darby Farr has spent years trying to forget her hometown of Hurricane Harbor, Maine—especially the painful memories of being raised by her controlling aunt following her parents' tragic deaths. Then one morning, she learns her aunt is dying, and the calculating woman has one final demand: clinch the multimillion-dollar sale of Fairview, a breathtaking waterfront estate.

The deal seems simple, but trouble is brewing on the rocky coast. Within hours of Darby's arrival, an obscure deed restriction scuttles the sale just as the backup buyer is found bludgeoned to death on the property's grounds. Assisted by handsome journalist Miles Porter, Darby uncovers dark secrets that reveal an ugly scandal . . . and even uglier motives for murder. As a brutal storm surges up the coast, Darby must salvage the deal, find the killer—and somehow stay alive.

"[Doudera] expertly weaves a tale of suspense on a Maine island, where murder and real estate are an explosive combination."-Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of The Mephisto Club

"Here's a fast-paced and well-told story with a smart, savvy real estate agent as the heroine, solving crimes while making sales. Bring on the next one!"-Barbara Corcoran, real estate contributor for NBC's Today Show and author of Nextville: Amazing Places to Live the Rest of Your Life




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Cat Seeing Double: A Joe Grey Mystery (Joe Grey Mysteries) Review

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Cat Seeing Double: A Joe Grey Mystery (Joe Grey Mysteries) ReviewBeing the proud owner of three pesky kittens soon to be cats, the feline heroes (and heroines) in Shirley Murphy's series are all too realistic to imagine!!! Joe, Dulcie and Kit have such unique personalities that they seem almost human. Once again, the plot takes back seat to the many adventures the three cats have in solving the mysteries. This one has plenty: why is a ten year old boy involved in the bombing of the church where Charly and Max are to be married? Who is trying to frame Ryan for the murder of her estranged no-good husband? Where did the silver dog come from? These questions are answered rather leisurely, but you're so enraptured with the characters, everything flows smoothly. Another great entry in this enjoyable series!
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The Chocolate Bridal Bash (Chocoholic Mysteries, No. 6) Review

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The Chocolate Bridal Bash (Chocoholic Mysteries, No. 6) ReviewLee McKinney and Joe Woodyard have finally set a date for their wedding. The only problem is getting Lee's mother, Sally, to come. While trying to understand why her mother doesn't want to come, Lee unearths a family secret. Her mother originally left Warner Pier on what would have been her wedding day.
This is a chapter in her mother's life that Lee knew nothing about. Further investigating turns up that Sally's finacee was found dead in his car on their wedding day. His death was ruled a suicide.
Despite warnings that what happened is in the past, Lee's curiosity gets the better of her. She begins to spend time digging in the old newspapers, trying to make sense of events that took place before she was even born. Then Lee and Joe stumble over a very recent dead body. Whatever was having thirty plus years ago, someone still wants it to stay buried. But just what happened on that fateful night? Will Sally be in danger if she comes to the wedding?
This book is easily my favorite in the series. The action starts quickly and the pace never lags. While I can usually figure out the ending early, this one had me going until the very end. While I did put the pieces together a little before Lee, it was only by a few pages.
With the focus on the past, many of the characters from previous books are reduced to cameos. Giving the recurring characters more page time would have just slowed down the story, something I am glad didn't happen. The cast of new characters is engaging, and they more then made up for the reduced roll the regulars had.
About the only problem with the book is Lee's tongue tangles. While they had been diminishing in the last few installments, here they are back in force. While a few sprinkled throughout the book make me chuckle, here they began to get annoying.
I couldn't put this book down but raced through it to see how the story ended. Any fan of the series will love the latest tasty treat.The Chocolate Bridal Bash (Chocoholic Mysteries, No. 6) OverviewBride-to-be Lee McKinney has butted heads with her future mother-in-law over her upcoming wedding. The last thing she needs is trouble with her own mom, who doesn't even want to be at the wedding if it takes place in Warner Pier, her hometown...So Lee asks her Aunt Nettie at the chocolate shop for advice. There, the bride learns that years earlier, her mother fled on what would have been her own wedding day-hours before her fiancé was found dead. Now, to smooth things over, Lee must untangle a mystery older than she is.

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Midnight Clear: A Callahan Garrity Mystery (Callahan Garrity Mysteries) Review

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Midnight Clear: A Callahan Garrity Mystery (Callahan Garrity Mysteries) ReviewI've become somewhat of a Callahan Garrity junkie, and only wish that Kathy Hogan Trocheck would write more, more, more, and much faster. Come on, Grafton is up to her her sixteenth in her series, and I'd much prefer Trocheck to have written that many. This installment in enjoyable House Mouse land is the best yet, funny, suspenseful and well-rounded.
It's Christmas time in Candler Park, and Callahan and her goofy mother Edna are gearing up for the holidays. Out of the blue, Callahan's long lost brother Brian shows up, with an unexpected holiday package: his 3 year old daughter Maura. Edna is overjoyed with her new found granddaughter, but when Brian confesses that he has practically stolen her from his unreliable, trashy ex-wife, then vanishes for days leaving little Maura with Edna and the not-so-motherly Callahan, things start getting messy very fast. When the ex-wife is found murdered in her apartment, Brian is the main suspect, and Callahan is up to her ears in a new case, more personal than ever this time.
Trocheck never fails to mix in humor and suspense, and it abounds in Midnight Clear. Adding in more Atlanta history and new settings in the southern suburbs and the abandoned, long-ago Funtown, Callahan fights to clear her brother's name and to keep Maura safe. A delightful read, with twists and turns, and an unlikable new character in Brian, Midnight Clear is Trocheck's best to date.Midnight Clear: A Callahan Garrity Mystery (Callahan Garrity Mysteries) Overview

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Gossip Can Be Murder: Charlie Parker Mystery #11 Review

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Gossip Can Be Murder: Charlie Parker Mystery #11 ReviewI just finished reading "Gossip Can Be Murder." Like all of the Charlie Parker Mysteries, it was awesome. I read it in one day! Once I started, I couldn't put it down. It kept me on the tip of my toes all the way to the end. Charlie is also very funny and had me chuckling at times. I also love the chemistry that Drake and Charlie have together. It is SO worth the read, you won't be disappointed. After you finish it you may also have a great urge to eat green chili enchiladas!!!....Gossip Can Be Murder: Charlie Parker Mystery #11 OverviewCharlie is invited to a plush Santa Fe spa, a week-long spiritual/medical retreat with her friend Linda Casper. The massages and spa treatments sound great, but she doesn't realize that there is something darker going on at the mountain resort.Meanwhile, Drake has his own set of concerns. He's been asked to testify as an expert witness in a helicopter crash case and it's causing him more anxiety than any feat of flying ever did.It seems that Charlie and Drake are each on their own, but their two cases overlap and they find their lives in danger, in more ways than one."Charlie is a fabulous amateur sleuth." --Midwest Book Review"Charlie is slick, appealing, and nobody's fool--just what readers want." --Booklist"This is a dandy. Don't miss it!" --Book Talk

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Vacations Can Be Murder: The Second Charlie Parker Mystery Review

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Vacations Can Be Murder: The Second Charlie Parker Mystery ReviewAfter a taxing investigation (no pun intended) CPA and part-time investigator Charlie Parker decides to take a vacation to Kauai. She takes a scenic helicopter ride with Drake Langston, but gets more than she bargains for when they come across a dead body in a remote place. Drake's fellow pilot, Mack, is in the wrong place at the wrong time and he is accused of the murder. Drake asks Charlie to help with the investigation, since local law enforcement officers seem reluctant to look for any further suspects. Charlie obliges and, as a result, her relationship with Drake begins to blossom. She pursues the investigation with fervor (how many people would be willing to interrupt their Hawaiian vacation for a side-trip to California?) and eventually finds herself confronted by the killer. Except for a few awkward moments, this is a well-written mystery which has enough red herrings to make it interesting and it keeps the reader guessing until the very end.Vacations Can Be Murder: The Second Charlie Parker Mystery Overview

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