Review: Entertaining Light Cozy Mystery
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 2, 2012
Lest some readers are disinclined to read a book in a series labelled "Christian" (Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, Confucian, etc.), I can assure you that there is nothing to mark the book as restricted to singular tastes, save perhaps, in the behavioral patterns of courtship, the absence of profanity, and, apparently, the approval of fidelity in marriage, regular Church attendance, and resort to prayer when facing a difficulty in living. I rather think that such traditional tastes are not inappropriate in what is clearly of the genre, "cozy". Those who like their detective fiction down and dirty are quite likely to be disappointed. Those, like myself, who rather fancy occasional moments of relief from the stress of urban discord, will likely enjoy this somewhat romantic mystery which begins with Murder in the Library and goes on from there. The Heroine is no femme fa-tale, but a Ms. Librarian, harried by inadequate funding for her library (as which librarian is not) and by the failure of her beau to pop the question. Her beau, active participant in solving the mystery, is a detective on the local police force. In good cozy fashion, the action is centered in a few households of the small town, the library, and the police station. Our heroine is not only a librarian but a willing partner with her best friend and her boy friend, who, naturally, worries inordinately about her safety. She also has a secret, known to nobody, even her nearest and dearest, which is only forced out of her when she becomes a suspect in the crimes.There is little complexity here, some amusement, some satisfaction with the featured players, and a "nice" feel to the book. At the price kindle is posting now, it is a bargain.