Review: A fun series for doll collectors
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 26, 2013
This is the first book in the Gretchen Birch mysteries by Deb Baker, and sees Gretchen return to Phoenix after her Aunt Nina calls her and advises that her mom is missing. She lands in Phoenix and discovers more than just the mystery of her mother's disappearance. Someone has killed homeless Martha, and her mother is the prime suspect.Being a doll collector I was really interested in seeing what this series was all about. I loved the mention of all the different kinds of dolls, and life as a doll collector and doll repairs and sales. The mystery wrapped me up quickly and I was trying to guess why Gretchen's mom, Caroline, was missing and also who wanted Martha dead.The author shows the mystery from not just Gretchen's point of view, but also from Caroline. I liked the way Deb Baker did this because you don't usually see the different point of views like that.I think this series will highly appeal to doll collectors but non-collectors will find it a fun series as well.