I Never Made It Past Chapter Four.I can't remember where my problem with the book began, but I can tell you the moment the love interest said (I'm paraphrasing):"I'll try to help you Darling, but I must warn you - my life is in danger!"That was the end of the end. Seriously. I can clearly tell ...
I think that this series has finally lost me. This series is usually entertaining and fun, but between this book and the last one, it is now becoming a chore to read. There comes a time in a series when you can tell that it is ready to end because it seemed like it was written just to hash out an...
I read about this author in the Illini News and wanted to try one of her light mysteries set in a small Illinois town. the town is obviously close to Chicago and not a downstate farming community which was a disappointment for me. i wanted to "see" the characters of Greenup or Casey. I think this...
This is a cute little series. This is only my 3rd one and I've read them entirely out of order, but I like them. There's nothing amazing about them, but the writing's good and all the little things add up. I like that Skye works WITH her boyfriend instead of being constantly chastised by him f...
The owner of Scumble River’s bowling alley, Bunny Reid, comes up with the idea of an online dating service called Cupid’s Cat’s Meow. She plans to set her online service to the backdrop of cat show events. She intends for this venture to bring out-of-towners to the small Illinois town, not to men...
Although this is my first book of The Devereaux's Dime Store Mystery you'll be sure to know it won't be my last. I will read the other books she wrote in the series before this. I can't wait for the next one. If only all of us single, females, had a couple of hunks come to our aid we'd all be in ...
Aren't later books in a series supposed to be better, since the author's had more writing experience and so on?This was not better (than the first book in the series).Not a single staff member at this spa seems remotely qualified - though I think that some of that is the author getting some digs ...
Yard sales can bring out the worst in people. So when Scumble River school psychologist Skye Denison organizes a 100-mile yard sale, otherwise neighborly folk get downright nasty: her own mother creams a woman, and a battle of the sexes breaks out. But when her former boss is found murdered, nobo...
What a wonderful beginning to a Cozy mystery series! Skye Denison has moved back to her hometown after leaving upon her high school graduation 12 years prior with a serious "I'm-better-than-this-town attitude." Skye never expected to go back, but after a break up, loss of job and serious financ...
Murder of a Snake in the Grass (Denise Swanson)Book 4 in the Scumble River Mystery. This time a pair of teenagers stumble across a dead body. It appears to be Gabriel Scumble, a descendant of the founder of Scumble river. Skye is finally getting used to being back in her hometown. She still seems...
Despite finding the first book slightly lackluster, I wanted to give the series a continued chance. To my delight I enjoyed this one much better than the original, bumping it up a star, as Skye encounters a richer plot and more tension in her personal life. Despite the mystery and plot of the fir...
Still recovering from breaking up with her boyfriend and alienating half the people in town, Skye Denison has sworn off men—but she hires sexy contractor Beau Hamilton to renovate the old house she inherited. After all, who can ignore his qualifications? Golden hair, bronzed chest, muscular thigh...
When school psychologist Skye Denison investigates the death of a popular teenager who was cast as Sleeping Beauty in the school play, she uncovers some shocking revelations about prominent Scumble River citizens. And even ever-optimistic Skye knows that in this case, finding the killer won't end...
Murder of a Barbie and Ken (Scumble River Mystery #5) Denise Swansonmurder/mystery. I have to admit I do love Denise Swanson and the Scumble River Mystery books. Funny, fast paced, good clean read. Some may say a bit cheesy, but I find it is just what I need when I want a break from my daily rout...
Great read.The "murder mystery" part took more of a backdrop; most of the novel is more about Skye's personal life and relationship with the people around town. Swanson mixes in the mystery aspect very nicely, and it's nice to see a heroine who isn't model-thin, with a top job and hunk (the town ...
Skye Denison has never aspired to culinary excellence. In fact, she can't tell the difference between mousse and meringue. So when Grandma Sal's Soup-To-Nuts Cooking Challenge comes to town, competing is the last thing on her mind. But that's before she's bullied into entering by her mother, who ...
Spotting Trixie and Owen standing with a group surrounding a young man holding a sign that read SEMISUB UNDERWATER EXPLORATION, Skye and Wally headed in that direction. As soon as they joined the Fraynes, Trixie demanded, “Were you able to figure out how to get the photos ...
Slipping the straps of her purse and duffel bag over her wrist, she grabbed the pharmacy sack and an armload of files, then exited the car and hurried up the sidewalk. It had taken quite a bit of research, but Skye thought she had finally figured out what form of architecture the big old house re...
Gran had not been at all pleased to hear that Jake had stood me up or that he was on his way back to St. Louis. Luckily I had never told her that his ex-wife was his supervisor and they’d be together nearly twenty-four/seven while working cases. As it was, it had taken me a half hour to calm down...
—SIGMUND FREUD Unlike the time when Skye had been attacked by a parent at the high school, Neva fully supported Skye’s decision to make a formal complaint regarding Barney Paulk’s assault. While Homer had threatened Skye with immediate dismissal if she pressed charges against the man, Neva stated...
If anyone but me noticed that he hadn’t ruled out murder, thankfully they didn’t mention it. Soon after making his announcement, the chief received a call that I suspected was about Fallon’s case and hurried away. Having traded my one tidbit of info, I would need to come u...
Boone and Noah were both still on my shit list for setting me up, and because of that I hadn’t spent more than a few minutes with either one of them. I was still debating Noah’s claim that he thought Boone had told me Yvette would be at the meeting. And Boone’s explanation that my presence had be...
When the cat was taken care of and Wally still hadn’t arrived, Skye made a quick call to her Grandma Denison to tell her that a date had finally been set for the wedding. By the time she finished talking to her grandmother and went back outside, Wally was pulling up to the front walkway. He stopp...
She had been dreaming about her wedding day. They were at the part in the ceremony when Father Burns asked if there were any objections to the marriage, and suddenly people started popping up with protests as if the church were a giant toaster.First, May jumped to her feet and yelled that the gro...