Review: 4 Star for a 1st Mystery - Fun Good Read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 16, 2011
Well worth the 99 cents and well worth trying out a new author.  Did get a bit frustrated with Lucy and she will have to get a whole lot more backbone in the next book to keep me reading.  Would have liked a bit more background on her shop/business also and how she managed to spend so much time away from it?  Businesses in seasonal tourist type locals, especially small, one owner types, usually need more actual hands on work.  And if she was writing for a small town paper previously, where did she get the money/inventory/knowledge of antiques/etc. to open the store?  Plus, with a good murder story and her background in writing for a newspaper,she should have been able to sell the story herself to another paper and thumbed her nose at an editor who treats her like a dingbat, even if she is at times. All in all, a fun read for a first time out-enough to make me want to read a second one. A little tightening up of characters/background, a bit more attention to reality (yes, cozies let you suspend some belief but not all) and this could be a really good little mystery series.