by Carolyn Hart
A "cozy mystery" and first in a series set in an island off South Carolina. Annie Laurance owns a mystery bookshop there, Death on Demand popular with a bunch of mystery writers who regularly meet there. Soon after one odious author among them threatens to tell their secrets, he's killed and Annie f...
After a reading jolt (meant in a very good way) of James Lee Burke, I usually have to take a brain rest with a little, quick read “cozy.” Little, yes 200 pages; quick read, no I had a lot going on; easy to follow, no, not so much with a lot of characters; fun read, definitely!Set on a small South C...
Fun read. Good solid plotting and the characterizations were entertaining. Slightly improbably that in a group of authors (or anyone), every single one would have such dark secrets in their pasts. Everybody has skeletons and incidents, but these were all doozies. I loved Annie and Max's relation...
This story was ok. It was enjoyable enough, I liked the male main character (Max) quite well, and the female main character (Annie) was ok, too, although at times I found her to be far less of a believable character than Max. I also had the murderer figured out almost immediately, which is a bit o...
The painting puzzle in each book of this series is a delight in itself.
This was a recommendation from the cozy mystery forum. Fast paced, strong heroine, lots of clues and a good ending. I will read more in this series.
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