Bowled Over
Stirring up trouble… Vintage kitchenware and cookbook collector Jaymie Leighton has been estranged from her high school best friend Kathy Cooper since they were teenagers, but she never knew what turned Kathy against her. After fireworks at a Fourth of July picnic, Jaymie discovers the body of...
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Stirring up trouble… Vintage kitchenware and cookbook collector Jaymie Leighton has been estranged from her high school best friend Kathy Cooper since they were teenagers, but she never knew what turned Kathy against her. After fireworks at a Fourth of July picnic, Jaymie discovers the body of her former friend in the park. On the ground nearby is Jaymie’s own Depression-era glass bowl, broken in two. With her fingerprints all over the bowl and a troubled history with the victim, Jaymie suddenly finds herself at the top of the list of suspects. Did the killer intend to frame her for the murder? If so, she is ready to mix it up, because solving crimes is vintage Jaymie Leighton…
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780425251928 (0425251926)
Publish date: March 5th 2013
Publisher: Berkley
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Series: A Vintage Kitchen Mystery (#2)
I really liked the first one of these....this one, not so much. Jaymie is a bit dull and boring in this one and seldom shows much backbone. It comes out every now & again, but not enough to keep her from disappearing into the woodwork, along with most of the other characters in this book, even tho...
I have been on a run of mediocrity in my book reading lately, and this book was no exception. My three stars, to be clear, are "it was just ok". It wasn't an awful read, but it wasn't as good as I think it should be. The premise of the plot is excellent. Jaymie's estranged from her childhood bes...
Stirring up trouble…Vintage kitchenware and cookbook collector Jaymie Leighton and her high school friend Kathy Cooper have been at odds for years but Jaymie has no idea why. She decides it is time to find out what she did that makes Kathy hate her so much. She needs to confront her so they can put ...