Review: Thoughtful and Creative
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 26, 2013
"Miz Scarlet and the Imposing Imposter" by Sara M. Barton5 STARSCharacters:Scarlet: Unmarried daughter of Laurel and sister to Bur.Bur: brother to ScarletLaurel: mother to Scarlet and Bur, an invalid since being hit by a car years ago while crossing the street.Kenny: a special friend from Scarlet's childhood.Guests at the Inn:Mary Anne Turley: writer from Denver with a respiratory condition.Paul Duchamp: plans to spend recover from cardiac surgery at the Inn.The Powicks: Lonnie-the mother of Gretchen and victim of a stroke.Gretchen-daughter of Lonnie.The story/mystery begins with a history lesson on Scarlet's family including the grandfather and his brother. Both worked their way up from being sons of a foreman to starting the Four Oaks Pressboard Company. Years later the family losses their family fortune in a Ponzi scheme. Instead of allowing herself to become a victim Scarlet (& family) opens  the Four Acorns Inn. This is not just any Bed & Breakfast. It has been established primarily for the consideration of guests with challenges/disabilities. (that was the first eye opener for me as the reader that set this story apart from most other bed & breakfast mysteries) Quite original and very creative on the authors part.Scarlet while outside the Inn notices a note fastened to a post in the bird garden by a Swiss army knife. The note, on Four Acorns Inn stationary, reads "GET OUT NOW, BEFORE I AM FORCED TO ACT" Scarlet shows the note to her brother Bur. But who wrote this note and to whom was it intended and lastly...why?This note comes at about the same time as the Jordan family goes missing. And so begins our mystery.To tell you the truth I wasn't expecting this book to be this good but believe me it was. The story was thoughtfully written with no down time, interesting throughout. I found nothing shallow about the story or the characters. This was written by an author who respects her readers.There are quite a few characters in this story so you may want to consider taking notes. Loved this story and I intend to read more in this series.