★★★½
GENRE: Cozy Mystery
SUBJECT: hidden secrets, poisoning, greed
Setting: Tallaluh Falls, OR
CHARACTERS: Marcy Singer, Beverly Singer, Cary Ellis, Louisa Ralston, Adam Gray
DATE READ: May 6 - May 8
NO. OF PAGES: 336
Off the Shelf (pre-2013)? Source?: Yes, Nook stockpile
PLOT:...........................................3.50
CHARACTERIZATION:..............3.50
TOPICS:.......................................3.50
STYLE:.........................................4.00
ORIGINALITY:..............................3.50
ADDICTIVENESS:.....................3.50
OWNERSHIP:..............................3.50
THRESHOLD QUALITY:.............3.50
Average................................................................3.56
Marcy Singer's embroidery shop seems to be the site where people come to die - not really but when Louisa Ralston comes to ask for Marcy's help and then has a heart attack, it seems a bit coincidental. Finding out that it wasn't a natural death but one brought on by poison, Marcy feels that she needs to find the killer before people stop coming to her shop out of fear.
I thought this story was a sweet new take on an old tale and the characters really made me feel their interest in solving the murders but not just for their own curiosity but out of respect for the victims.
I look forward to the next one!
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