Review: Thoroughly Enjoyable
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 10, 2013
I think I've found a new favorite author! Though I've made the mistake of working backward from #3 to #1, Jerusha Jones just keeps getting better and better. Aside from the fact that many years ago, I lived near where these mysteries take place, and that the Imogene Museum is sooo much like old Deady Hall at the University of Oregon, Ms. Jones brings life into all of her characters as well as the museum itself. (Deady was the older U.O building, and you didn't want to fall asleep in a lecture and wake up at midnight ... which I did. Creeeepy.)The mysteries hold you, but so does the relationship of Meredith and her possible suitors. Too melodramatic or soap-operaish for you? Well, it shouldn't be. These are not trite, and the relationships seem so real. While the pleasant little town may not be real, you'll wish it was. It's a throw-back to towns where people cared about you, and you could count on them. So, aside from the murders or thefts or whatever the author places before you, you may well end up daydreaming of a simpler way of life. These may not be big city folk, but they have class!5 thumbs up ... which should be easy for all of you busy texting.