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Mischief in Maggody by Joan Hess

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I loved this one more than the first one! Maggody is so much like the place I live - they are still trying to get out of the Stone Age! Ariel is swimming in a sea of crazy people in her home town in rural Arkansas. She's the police chief in a town where nothing ever happens - yet she doesn't seem to lack in murders. In this one, hippies have opened a store and are expecting a baby and they also have a fortune teller and her brother come to town.

A long time resident goes missing and it's up to Arly to figure out what happened to her. Ruby Bee and her friend are up to their usual and the preacher and the mayor's wife are up to their usual as well.

It's a rollicking good time!





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Murder, She Reported by Peg Cochran

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I adored this book! Elizabeth was such a likable characters! She's a wealthy girl who buck convention and gets a job on the newspaper in 1930s New York. Though she begins as a Girl Friday, she ends up as a crime photographer and she develops a taste for investigating murders! She teams up with a crusty reporter named Kaminsky who is always full of surprises and she's off to the races (Literally in one scene).

The period is very interesting and Cochran has done her research, giving us a vivid picture of life in NYC in the 1930s along with good characters and plenty of mystery.

I already have my copy of the sequel!



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Scone Cold Killer by Lena Gregory

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This one was short, but I really liked it for some reason. Gia moves to Florida to escape her ex and his legal troubles, but trouble follows on her heels when that ex is found in the dumster behind her new breakfast cafe. I liked Gia and her puppy, Thor. It could have been more detailed in many places, but I still liked the writer's style. A pretty good cozy. I might read more in this series eventually.



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