This is my first Hetta Coffey Mystery and won't be the last! I read Jinx Schwartyz' Land of Mountains before giving it to a granddaughter and absolutely loved it. It was semi-autobiographical. I don't think this is, but it certainly could be, if the child in the earlier book grew up to get involved in murder instead of just into boats.Hetta doesn't have a boat as the book starts. She has women friends, an ex fiancé, and a dog named RJ. Let's just say, boy friends come and go, and their coming isn't always good. Could be fatal, as a matter of fact. But, oh, that does make for good reading! This story just felt so dated to me: no one had a cell phone and the main character spent a lot of her time planning how to catch herself a rich husband. A story-line I might have enjoyed in the nineties, but not in 2014. Had the mystery been more mysterious and had the main character behaved more consistently, I may have been able to overlook how dated the story felt. But this one just didn't work for me at all.*review based on the audio version narrated by Beth Richmond*
What do You think about Just Add Water (2011)?
Enjoyed the Hattie character and her crazy situations.
—chas
