Review: Placid pace
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 10, 2012
This cozy mystery moves at a placid, sometimes slow pace. The two main characters have some endearing, if quirky, characteristics.The book could easily have been shortened.  Some scenes, for example, when the main character meets the large managerof a motel, unwind over an entire chapter yet have no real relevance to the actual story and could have been dealt with in a coupleof paragraphs.The thrift shop 'aura' is well portrayed and researched and mention is made of various locations in the Pacific Northwest.  The relationship between the two widows and the challenges of being somewhat impecunious and aging is well depicted.