Review: A great start to a new cozy series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 7, 2014
I’m a fan of the Imogene Museum Mystery series by Jerusha Jones so when I heard she had released the first book in a new series, I just knew I had to read it.  Bait & Switch is Book 1 in the new Mayfield Mystery series.  I really enjoyed it.Our protagonist, Nora Ingram-Sheldon married the man of her dreams and it’s their wedding night.  However, the evening doesn’t turn out as planned when her husband Skip leaves to run a quick errand and doesn’t return.  Things go from bad to worse when FBI agents show up demanding to know where he is.  At first, Nora doesn’t believe all the awful things they tell her about Skip, but as time goes on she has to admit that maybe Skip isn’t the man she thought she knew.  With the help of her close friend, she does what she can to get to the bottom of a very distressing and dangerous situation; she hasn’t given up hope of finding her husband alive and well.Ms. Jones has introduced us to a great cast of characters.  For a first book, they are well developed and believable.  The story moves along at a brisk pace and held my interest enough to read the book in one sitting (stayed up way too late last night!).  Nora is smart, kind, emotionally strong, and quick thinking, and I liked her immediately.  This series looks like it will have an ongoing storyline; I’m looking forward to Book 2 (Grab & Go).