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Book 60, 2016
Aug. 9th, 2016 06:25 pmLast night, I read the rest of A Sinister Slice of Murder by Constance Barker and AJ DeBellis. It's the first ebook in the "Jessie Delacroix" mystery series.
Jessie Delacroix dumps her boyfriend and quits her job in one fell swoop and returns home to the haunted bed and breakfast she inherited from her grandmother and her mom. The people she left in charge of the B&B are becoming afraid of the spooks. Jessie soon learns her grandmother is causing the most ruckus, as she feuds with Carlo, the cook, over how he's running her kitchen. Jessie's mother's spirit tries to tame the tensions, but she isn't having any luck, either. Fortunately, Jessie comes up with a working solution to let the chef and the spirit compromise.
Business is good, especially when a famous fashion designer rents the third-floor suite. His second wife wants to hold a seance in the B&B to contact the spirit of their deceased little boy. During the event, the designer is murdered, and Jessie is determined to find out who wanted the man dead enough to lop off his head.
Well, as murders go, this one was certainly unique. Not only was the victim beheaded, but his head was missing. That was rather macabre for a cozy, but it actually worked. The story was cute and light. Very few characters were fleshed out, but I have hopes for the future. The narrative was a tad trite, but there were no major editing issues.
Favorite line: Let's get this going; I've got a big night with Netflix lined up.
Nothing remarkable about the story, neither good nor bad. Well, except for the method of murder.
Three stars:
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Jessie Delacroix dumps her boyfriend and quits her job in one fell swoop and returns home to the haunted bed and breakfast she inherited from her grandmother and her mom. The people she left in charge of the B&B are becoming afraid of the spooks. Jessie soon learns her grandmother is causing the most ruckus, as she feuds with Carlo, the cook, over how he's running her kitchen. Jessie's mother's spirit tries to tame the tensions, but she isn't having any luck, either. Fortunately, Jessie comes up with a working solution to let the chef and the spirit compromise.
Business is good, especially when a famous fashion designer rents the third-floor suite. His second wife wants to hold a seance in the B&B to contact the spirit of their deceased little boy. During the event, the designer is murdered, and Jessie is determined to find out who wanted the man dead enough to lop off his head.
Well, as murders go, this one was certainly unique. Not only was the victim beheaded, but his head was missing. That was rather macabre for a cozy, but it actually worked. The story was cute and light. Very few characters were fleshed out, but I have hopes for the future. The narrative was a tad trite, but there were no major editing issues.
Favorite line: Let's get this going; I've got a big night with Netflix lined up.
Nothing remarkable about the story, neither good nor bad. Well, except for the method of murder.
Three stars:
***
