Review: left me eager for the next book in the series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 3, 2013
Earlier this year, J.J. Cook's first book in the Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade,That Old Flame of Mine (A Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade), was probably my favorite "first in the series mystery" of 2013. I enjoyed reading about Stella Griffin, a Chicago firefighter on medical leave who organizes and trains the Sweet Pepper, TN volunteer fire department. It was a solid cozy series debut.This novella, which I initially thought was a Kindle single, but isn't, includes many of the same characters from the first book, including Stella and Eric, the ghost of the previous fire chief. However, it focuses on the fire brigade's missing Dalmatian puppy, Hero.As is typically true of a novella/Kindle single, there's not much room to develop the plot, but nonetheless, this one is enjoyable. It left me eager to read the second book in the series,Playing with Fire (A Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade), when it comes out next month. Very nicely done.