Review: Nice Cozy Mystery
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 4, 2012
Author Parry has a fine gift for description.  The first 15% of the book was given over to detailed descriptions of protagonist's arrival at Gran's, the minutiae of the house and the cooking, and long vivid descriptions of the surrounding area and the abandoned lead mines and mining procedures.At 17% I nearly quit reading (from a surfeit of descriptive prose), but that's when things started to happen and I'm glad that I persevered, because it was an enjoyable book.  At first the dialog was quited stilted, but it smoothed out by halfway through.  The author uses the subjunctive--quite elegantly--but she needs to learn how one is formed from regular verbs.  In addition, would someone please tell her that the expression is "all right" not "alright"?  Thank you.At times the plot's action was a bit difficult to follow, but overall it was quite imaginative and plausible.  I'll be looking for more (and improved) from this author.