Review: Good, but the second book was better
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 2, 2014
I read these two mysteries by Cassie Page in reverse order. The first one, this book, "Armoires and Arsenic," has two women solving a several murders in the small, affluent town of Darling Valley, which is not far from San Francisco. The main character, Olivia Grandville, moved to Darling Valley from LA and opened an antique shop after being cheated on by her fiance. Olivia has an expensive armoire being repaired before it is ready for sale. When it is picked up by her helper, Cody, they find a dead body inside. This starts the chain of murders. Olivia calls her BFF from LA, Tuesday (no other name), a professional tea-leaf reader, who flies up to Darling Valley and they work on solving the killings.The book is not bad, but it is not ass good as the second book which is about Tuesday, the tea-leaf reader after she is back in LA. She is a lot more spunky and interesting character than Olivia. I hope Ms Page writes more on Tuesday and leaves Olivia to sell antiques in Darling Valley.The plot is well done and you don't know who the killers are until the end, but the book is not one of the "grab you by the throat and not let you put it down until you find the culprits" book. the second in the series moves along better and has more action, hence 5 stars vs. 4 for this book. For the price, it is a good read.