What Rose Forgot sounded like an interesting mystery, and it does start off that way. However, it soon turns into something unbelievable bordering on ridiculous. I realize this is fiction, and a certain amount of leeway can be given, but this one is almost fantasy, especially since nothing short of magic could make a woman in Rose's condition bounce back so quickly. And I don't just say that because of her age. I would find it hard to believe of a twenty-year-old, let alone someone in their sixties. It's a shame because Rose was such a feisty character, and I did have a few laughs along the way. But once things started happening, most of it was just eye-rollingly off the wall. I like quirky characters, and they tend to be some of my favorites, but this one takes quirky to a whole new level. The mystery had potential, but by the time I got through Rose's many adventures, I was just over it and really didn't care one way or the other about the whodunit. 

A fun romp involving a miss used elderly artist and her side kicks. Sweet, laugh out loud antics are balanced by drug abuse, lies and deceit. The sad reality is, this scenario could happen, without the happy outcome. An excellent story, add this to your TBR list. 

Audiobook

I'm late in the game regarding this author/series, but I really enjoy this book. It's another example of by library mystery book club recommending a series, I read it, and then I can't make the meeting because of life. (It's happening this weekend with another book I read - ugh!) The book club had us start at like book #16 or something which ended up being a prequel thank goodness. So I'm working my way through the series. 

I like Anna a lot. I'm hoping though that later in the books she just shoots (or whatevers) the bad guy. I was chanting as I was listening to the audiobook, "Just shoot him, just shoot the idiot, don't listen to him anymore just shoot him". Thank goodness I wasn't on the train when I was chanting this because security definitely would have asked me if there was a problem.