I really did like this book. Well I liked Violet, Doc, Violets Aunt & Violets kids. I Also liked her friends and most of the town. I do have to say I had the bad guy pegged pretty quickly, Violet needs to learn more about red flags. Even figuring out the bad guy the book was still entertainin...
This book takes place just a few months after the first in the series. Violet Parker is still recovering from her ordeal from being in a serial killer's clutches. To top it off, she's getting a reputation in the community for taking on paranormal and odd houses to sell. She's also dealing with...
Just finished DEAD CASE IN DEADWOOD by ANN CHARLES. A sassy, sexy, and spooky story featuring real estate agent Violet Parker who suspects the Mudder brothers are crating up and transporting body parts from their mortuary in Deadwood, South Dakota. Violet and her best friend Natalie try their bes...
Sassy dialogue, interesting and well-rounded main characters complete with realistic foibles, plot interwoven with colorful location descriptions and supporting characters set in Arizona in a less than 5-star rated RV park and assorted abandoned mines harboring dark secrets sets a sweltering stag...
So far my least favorite of the series. The pace seemed a little slower, and the novelty has worn off the series. This one seemed a little too formulaic for my taste. Her banter with the police detective has gone from playful to annoying, and her failure to fully commit to Doc is getting tiring. ...
I loved this book. I love Ann Charles. I love the Deadwood series and the Jackrabbit Junction stories. There were only two problems I had with this book. First, the minor one, is that it took Claire and Joe til almost midway in the book to have a little satisfying interlude moments. And the ...
This is another of those mildly amusing almost mystery stories. I read the first in the series--Dance of the Winnebagos. It takes place in Arizona where there is a large family of women--all hoping to hook up with the right man, etc. Claire Morgan is quite a handyman type--can do plumbing, etc...
If the book starts with an apartment full of cuckoo clocks a decapitated body and a shrunken head or heads, well count me in for the read. Reading this book was a lot of fun, and it was much better, than the previous one. However, even in this installment Violet’s parenting, real estate, and dipl...
Natalie said as she slid into Cooper’s seat, setting the bolt cutters next to her. “But your aunt said I could find you here when I called.” She picked up Cooper’s drink and sniffed it. “Straight whiskey?” At my nod she scanned the bar. “Is Coop here somewhere?” “He’s over by the pool table makin...
Sometimes I interview several of my characters, sometimes just one. For this book, since I was going to be solely in Violet’s head, I only interviewed her. Enjoy, Ann ***** Tin Cup Café in Deadwood, SD The morning sunshine has just crested the tree-covered hills overlooking Main Street, lighting ...
Unfortunately it wasn’t because of any other traffic, but rather a butt load of questions from Honey and Dickie about the blood-splattered history of the Carhart house. I made sure to skip over my bit part in the various tragedies that had been acted out there. What I really needed was silence. I...
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh. “Would you turn off that Christmas crap and help me clean up all this blood?” I said, throwing a wet rag at my cousin Buffalo as he nursed a mug of beer at the end of the bar. Buffalo dodged the ...
Quint opened his eyes, blinking several times to bring the world into focus. A skull stared at him, its jaws wide in a silent scream. He jerked back, groaning as a bolt of pain shot through his head, and quickly lay flat on the floor again. His right cheekbone stung as he lay there in the dirt. H...