Just Desserts (Bed-And-Breakfast Mysteries (Paperback))

Rating:
Summary: Not so great
Review: I've been trying to get into this series and it's just not working. I've read other books in the series also and Judith and Renie have driven me crazy. They are annoying and nosy. The books jump all over the place and the final solutions just don't come together that well. The storyline and characters are just not that intriguing, I'm not even going to finish the last one I started.

Rating:
Summary: Good start to series
Review: In this first Bed and Breakfast Mystery by Mary Daheim, the Brodie family is booked for just an overnight stay at Judith McMonigle's place, while their house is being fumigated. But the fortune teller the family invited as entertainment is murdered and Judith and her cousin investigate the murder.

This is a good beginning to the series. There are a number of suspects and the relationship between all of them, including the deceased, is complex enough to keep the reader guessing who the real killer is. The book also introduces us to Joe Flynn, Judith's former boyfriend, her cousin Renie, her mother Gertrude and some of the neighbors who will appear in later books.

This is a good series for those that like cozy mysteries.


Rating:
Summary: What a disappointment
Review: This is my second book by this author and I enjoy her stories . It is light reading and the story flows fast. I just ordered another book by Daheim

Rating:
Summary: Not so great
Review: This is the first in a series of Bed and Breakfast Mysteries by Mary Daheim. In this book Judith McMonigle, a middle-aged widow, has started a bed and breakfast. Eager to fill up her reservation book, Judith plays hostess to the Brodie family, a collection of eccentric characters whose house is being fumigated. They invite a fortune teller as "entertainment" for their weekend, and when the fortune teller dies, she is found to have many connections with different members of the family. During the murder investigation, Judith becomes reacquainted with an old flame who is now a police investigator. She, of course, deduces the killer before her former boyfriend, action which may not qualify him as a future boyfriend. This is fun, light reading, in the "cozy" genre.

Rating:
Summary: Rather Hard On The Senses
Review: Unfortunately, this book is about two middle-aged women who think being rude, most often for no apparent reason, can pass for wit. The mean-spirited sarcasm wares on you, making you not care about them in the end.

Rating:
Summary: Rather Hard On The Senses
Review: Unfortunately, this book is about two middle-aged women who think being rude, most often for no apparent reason, can pass for wit. The mean-spirited sarcasm wares on you, making you not care about them in the end.

Rating:
Summary: delicious mystery
Review: Zany characters, poignant relationships make this a fun interesting read. I can hardly wait to read some more by this author. The end leaves you wanting to know more about what happened to these characters.