Sometimes when reading it's all about expectations. When I saw this book was available and someone else had read it and liked it I decided to take a chance. It's the first in a series "starring" Josie Giancola, one of America's leading button experts. Her costars include the retired policeman ...
A great second entry in this series. Now that Logan has the introductions of characters and place taken care of, I found this book to move along more quickly. Of course, we know little more about Bea's New York background. Bea may not be her real name, but she is cautious about getting involve...
An intriguing premise - a button collector as the sleuth. What a true cozy mystery! But the book seemed rushed, as though the writer was under a deadline that had already passed. Character development ran shallow. I finished the book last night and the only character I remember is Kaz, the ex-hus...
I kept that promise, too, arriving early and staying late at the shop, keeping busy with the minutiae of button sales and collecting. I rearranged one of the display cases, replacing a shelf of tortoiseshell buttons with cute little realistics with a springtime theme, bunn...
Sylvia. Being led away in handcuffs. By a couple of big guys with guns. I swear, if this was a cartoon, there would have been an angel chorus singing in the background and bluebirds of happiness tweeting out their hallelujahs around my head. Unfortunately, before I ever had a chance to fully appr...
The local cops weren’t far behind. They interviewed the folks in the audience, and I watched as, one by one, they were told they could go and the cops turned to one another and mumbled, “That one didn’t see anything, either.”As for the judges, the contestants, Ruth Ann, Tumbleweed, Nick, and I (t...
The gates opened exactly at ten and already, the air was so moist and heavy, it was hard to breathe.Especially from inside the Chili Chick.The Chick, see, is a work of art constructed from wire and mesh and heavy canvas, a gigantic red chili costume that I step into, pull up over my head, and zip...
Jacklyn met Dimitri at the ferry. I knew this for a fact, because as unethical, underhanded, and so against the unwritten innkeeper rules as it was, I went through both Dimitri’s and Jacklyn’s rooms the next morning when they were down at breakfast. I found the paperwork f...
Chandra’s chin jutted at a stubborn angle. “That Levi is far too cute to be a murderer.” I’d been looking over the bills I was making out for my guests, and I glanced up at her over the rims of my glasses. “I’m thinking the court isn’t going to take that into consideration...
It was one thing working alongside Nev to think our way through an investigation. It would be another altogether if the techs, uniformed cops, and other detectives there to do their jobs thought I was an interfering buttinski. Rather than stand there with nothing to do, calling attention to the f...
“No hello?” When I got to the hospital that Thursday evening, Sophie was sitting up in the green vinyl-covered chair in the corner of her room, so I perched on the edge of her bed. “The first thing you ask about is today’s special?” “Today’s special, tomorrow’s special.” S...