★★★½
GENRE: Cozy Mystery
SUBJECT: fake antiques
Setting: Tarzana CA
CHARACTERS: Molly Pink, Sheila Altman, Dinah Lyons, Kevin Brooks, Patricia Bradford, Barry Greenberg, Heather Gilmore
DATE READ: March 17 - March 18
NO. OF PAGES: 288
Off the Shelf (pre-2013)? Source?: Yes, Nook stockpile
PLOT:..........................................................4.00
CHARACTERIZATION:...............................4.00
TOPICS:......................................................3.50
STYLE:........................................................3.00
ORIGINALITY:.............................................3.50
ADDICTIVENESS:.......................................3.50
OWNERSHIP:..............................................3.00
THRESHOLD QUALITY:..............................3.50
Average.....................................................................................3.50
"Crime Scene Groupie" Molly Pink (bookstore manager) seems to frequently be in the wrong place at the wrong time but mainly because she's just trying to help a friend. In this second installment of the Crochet mysteries, Molly goes to the Cottage Shoppe to support her friend Sheila who is having troubles with the new owner of the consignment shop that handles her scarves and blankets. When that owner turns up drown in his tomato bisque soup shortly after a private confrontation between Sheila and the deceased, Molly sets out to find the true murderer before Sheila is slapped in jail by Molly's rival Detective GIlmore.
The murder mystery is fun and entertaining as well as the characters getting into hilarious predicaments. The subplot rivalries/family-dating issues definitely give you a good chuckle. This series could get to be addicting!
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