The Spring Cleaning Murders, An Ellie Haskell Mystery by Dorothy Cannell is a quick cozy mystery to read. Because it kept me guessing, I gave it four stars. Ellie's family meets a new housekeeper, Mrs. Large. "'Morning, all.' Her voice was deep and gruff and--as might be expected--she was definite...
#GOODBYEMS.CHIPS AVAILABLE 6/7/16 NICE LITTLE COZY 3 STARS @dorothycannell @randomhouse I really wanted to like this book. It had a good premise and it had great characters. But it was so slooooow moving. I skipped a lot of pages. I even fell asleep twice. However, the ending, was pretty good....
Another oldie from the personal library shelves. I love this one. It's almost purely a satire of the English aristocracy and gentry, with a couple of mysteries and a romance thrown in too. If you've never read Dorothy Cannell, she is a cozy mystery author, primarily known for her Ellie Haskel se...
The mock Gothic is one of my very favorite types of books. This should have been perfect for me: a Yorkshire manor, suspicious goings-on, a cozy domestic mystery with delicious menus. The failing here is entirely my own. I think the book was too light for my own mood. Copy loaned by beloved MIL
Murder at Mullings is the first novel in the Florence Norris series by author Dorothy Cannell. Edward Stodmarsh is Lord of Mullings and after the death of his first wife marries Regina Stapleton a notorious schemer who insists on bringing her 'ornamental hermit' to live at the house who seems innoc...
Admittedly, I've found that the so-called "cozy mystery" isn't my cuppa. Particularly in a series. Agatha Christie is so clever in plotting, I can forgive that her Miss Marple stumbles into one homicide after another. I'm less forgiving with other books featuring amateur detectives and including cut...
Ellie Haskell is the crime-solver in this series, which began in a romance/mystery/comedy called [b:The Thin Woman|201658|The Thin Woman (Ellie Haskell Mystery, #1)|Dorothy Cannell|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1340144404s/201658.jpg|1841016]. Imagine if you will some sort of mash-up between [a:P.G. ...
Gift from Libbeth - Thank you!This looks more like good pillow fodder. As with all themed anthologies, there are the good, bad and just plain UGLEH! haha2.5*
Started 12-4-09. The beginning is certainly evocative of Young Frankenstein. Simply silly. :-)It's really three and a half stars, rounded. An enjoyable book and good enough it will lead me to read at least the first of the series. I thought the ending was fairly weak, but.... Loved the line: "bo...
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