I love cozy mysteries. My perfect idea of a 'rainy day read' is a small-town mystery with an intelligent, humorous and loving amateur sleuth, preferably female. I stumbled upon Never Buried by Edie Claire while looking for an entertaining book that was available online for free. The reviews on...
I have mostly stopped reviewing these kinds of books, because I read them to switch off, and it doesn't seem fair to hold them to the same scrutiny and standards as I do other books. So I'm not giving it a rating, and if I were reviewing properly I would say that I mostly enjoyed this book, and I...
LIONS AND TIGERS AND MURDER ... OH MY. — When unemployed copywriter Leigh Koslow gets the opportunity to become a partner in her own agency, she leaps at the chance. But she still needs one thing to get her fledgling business off the ground -- cash. Luckily, she lands a part-time job at the local...
CHEATERS NEVER PROSPER.Leigh Koslow may have found happiness in her new marriage--but her cousin Cara's life seems to be nothing short of perfect. She has a knockout figure, an adorable son, and a rich, devoted--not to mention gorgeous--husband. She and her family have even been featured on telev...
This book was pretty good. Not amazing, but entertaining. Aside from this book, I am not familiar with Edie Claire's writing, or the escapades of her character Leigh Koslow. I picked it up because I love cats. That being said, the cats were more of a side-show than anything else. The book basical...
"I won't bother you for long," she said politely, trying not to stare at the rather large mole that dominated Peggy Linney's Roman nose. "But I got the idea from the will reading that you had been with Mrs. Murchison for a very long time."The older woman nodded proudly. "Been on there since '74. ...
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"Murders?" Cara smiled pleasantly. "Now, Mrs. Rhodis," she said conversationally. "You know that the deaths weren't officially ruled as murders. The police determined that Anita's death was an accident, and there wasn't any clear evidence that Norman hadn't committed suicide. Right?" Mrs. Rhodis ...
He's been Francified!" Bess exclaimed.Leigh ceased petting her aunt's Pekingese mix and looked up. Her mother and Aunt Lydie had at last arrived at the park, an unprecedented ten minutes late. Frances was still fussing with something in the car, but Lydie was walking toward them with Chewie on a ...
“You could always just call him, you know.”I slipped my phone self-consciously back into my pocket. Yes, I checked it occasionally, just in case I had gotten a text but didn’t hear the ringtone. Maybe I checked it often. And just maybe I had gotten into the habit of staring at it mournfully every...
in the anthology AND THE DYING IS EASY: All-New Tales of Summertime Suspense.Digital edition for PubIt published in 2011 by the author. This story is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the writer's imagination or have been used fictitiously and are not...
Some kind of crowd had gathered — and was still gathering — in front of Maura’s house, along the sidewalks, and out into the street. It wasn’t an unruly crowd, but the people she fell into step with as she neared were clearly on a mission. People of all ages and an assortment of pets appeared to ...
“I think it’s foolish myself, mind you,” Frances lectured, as she had been doing continuously ever since the service ended. “But you know your aunt Bess. She made me swear I’d get the equipment to you, and I suppose it can’t make things any worse.”Leigh had been listening to her mother’s opinion ...
The missile hit a ceiling tile, displacing it sideways and chipping its edge off. Then the umbrella bounced down onto the top of the stack and slid along its length to the bottom, creating a mini avalanche of refuse that spread out across the floor underneath a shower of dust and fiberglass from ...