Book 30, 2015
May. 10th, 2015 11:10 amSo, last night, I read my second e-book of the year. It was Death Comes to Town by KJ Emrick. It's the first in her "Darcy Sweet" cozy mystery series.
Darcy Sweet is a small-town girl who owns the local book store, Sweet Reads. She tries to be ordinary, but she has a sixth sense. In addition, Darcy's cat, Smudge seems to have psychic abilities of his own, and Darcy sometimes is visited by the apparition of her great-aunt Millie.
When Darcy returns home after a festival in town, Smudge leads her to the neighbor's house, where she finds the woman dead. Darcy calls the police and is content to let them handle it. However, Aunt Millie keeps knocking a particular book off the shelf in Darcy's shop, and Darcy continues to have recurring dreams about a shadowy man with a gun. As she begins to look into the murder, Darcy finds herself reluctantly attracted to new police officer Jon, while also reluctantly working with her ex-husband Jeff to put some clues together. When another murder takes place, Darcy is in a race against the clock to find the killer before she is the next victim.
This was a relatively short story with an interesting premise. It was okay for a quick, light read. However, I had some complaints about the story:
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Overall, a fun, if slightly frivolous, story. It wasn't engaging enough for me to want to read any others in the series. I may, if they pop up as freebies in the Kindle store. Otherwise, not going to bother. This one gets three stars for being average:
★★★
Darcy Sweet is a small-town girl who owns the local book store, Sweet Reads. She tries to be ordinary, but she has a sixth sense. In addition, Darcy's cat, Smudge seems to have psychic abilities of his own, and Darcy sometimes is visited by the apparition of her great-aunt Millie.
When Darcy returns home after a festival in town, Smudge leads her to the neighbor's house, where she finds the woman dead. Darcy calls the police and is content to let them handle it. However, Aunt Millie keeps knocking a particular book off the shelf in Darcy's shop, and Darcy continues to have recurring dreams about a shadowy man with a gun. As she begins to look into the murder, Darcy finds herself reluctantly attracted to new police officer Jon, while also reluctantly working with her ex-husband Jeff to put some clues together. When another murder takes place, Darcy is in a race against the clock to find the killer before she is the next victim.
This was a relatively short story with an interesting premise. It was okay for a quick, light read. However, I had some complaints about the story:
Overall, a fun, if slightly frivolous, story. It wasn't engaging enough for me to want to read any others in the series. I may, if they pop up as freebies in the Kindle store. Otherwise, not going to bother. This one gets three stars for being average:
★★★