Review: Brief but entertaining
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 13, 2013
I liked this "book" - interesting premise involving a woman who packs and ships other people's finer things. I expected it to be a full-blown novel, and it wasn't; didn't even get me through 30 minutes on the treadmill.I'm a little puzzled, also, by the "Teatime Mysteries" subheading.  I guess, from reading other similarly titled books, I expected this to somehow involve a tea room.  Or someone who sold tea, at least.  Maybe it just connotes these are to be read with a cup of tea, or can be finished while having one cup of tea?I notice there are other stories by this author with this heading, but they appear to be standalones.  I much prefer my mysteries to be series-based - if I'm going to invest time and emotion in a character, I like to know they'll be around for a while.  If this had been a full-length novel and part of a series, I probably would have gone out of my way to keep up with it.This was moderately entertaining, but the abrupt ending left me wanting more. Would I buy it on purpose?  I might, if the blurb had indicated how short it was.  I feel sort of cheated.  Knowing what I know now, would I buy it again?  Not so much.