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Summary: A nice summer read
Review: If you enjoy the Inn at Hemlock Falls series, you'll enjoy this latest entry. I must agree that I am dismayed that the sisters sold the inn, but it looks like that won't be a problem anymore. These are a comfortable, enjoyable read and should be a must for all who enjoy this kind of story.
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Summary: Where's the beef?
Review: Quill and Meg Quilliam have sold the Inn at Hemlock Falls to Marge Schmidt in exchange for her diner, which they now run as the gourmet restaurant, The Palate. Marge has renamed the Inn and now calls it the Doo Drop Inn. She also has allowed some Texas businessmen to graze their cattle there and is trying to convince some of the local citizens to participate in a deal to sell the beef. The Quilliam sisters are horrified at what is going on and decide that they want to buy back the Inn and return it to what it was. While they are working on this, dead bodies begin to show up at an alarming rate. Quill and Meg are uncertain whether it is one of the townspeople, the cattlemen, or visiting Russians who is the perpetrator. After the usual false leads, they discover the hard way what has happened. This is a "cozy" which is definitely up to Claudia Bishop's usual standards.
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Summary: Where's the beef?
Review: Quill and Meg Quilliam have sold the Inn at Hemlock Falls to Marge Schmidt in exchange for her diner, which they now run as the gourmet restaurant, The Palate. Marge has renamed the Inn and now calls it the Doo Drop Inn. She also has allowed some Texas businessmen to graze their cattle there and is trying to convince some of the local citizens to participate in a deal to sell the beef. The Quilliam sisters are horrified at what is going on and decide that they want to buy back the Inn and return it to what it was. While they are working on this, dead bodies begin to show up at an alarming rate. Quill and Meg are uncertain whether it is one of the townspeople, the cattlemen, or visiting Russians who is the perpetrator. After the usual false leads, they discover the hard way what has happened. This is a "cozy" which is definitely up to Claudia Bishop's usual standards.
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Summary: Bad Decisions
Review: Sarah Quilliam knows she made one when she sold the Inn. If you've ever moved away from a house you cared about and had a chance to see it later, only to find that it's been changed in ways you hate, you'll understand how Quill feels. Marge Schmidt hasn't just changed the name to the Dew Drop Inn. Quill is similarly taken aback by what's happened to the bar and the rose garden -- and there's reason to fear for the koi.Each of the people who die in this book made a bad decision, but theirs proved fatal. I haven't read all the earlier books, so I don't know if Carol Ann Spinoza is a new character. She's so nasty that first I worried about how her children were going to turn out -- then actively hoped her husband would be made a widower. Yes, there are Chamber of Commerce meetings and yes, Quill is going to do some more of her doodles that I wish we could get to see. (As usual, the persons captured in the doodles should be glad we can't.) Is romance in the air for Marge? Will Quill's Myles disapprove of her meddling? Can the cowboys & the potential investors mix? Can Quill buy the inn back? This is a worthy entry in a good cozy series. I would like to note, though, for the non-Nero Wolfe fans, that the mention of the great detective in chapter six has one of those errors that spell-check can't catch. The word is "hospitality", not "hostility."
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Summary: Bad Decisions
Review: Sarah Quilliam knows she made one when she sold the Inn. If you've ever moved away from a house you cared about and had a chance to see it later, only to find that it's been changed in ways you hate, you'll understand how Quill feels. Marge Schmidt hasn't just changed the name to the Dew Drop Inn. Quill is similarly taken aback by what's happened to the bar and the rose garden -- and there's reason to fear for the koi. Each of the people who die in this book made a bad decision, but theirs proved fatal. I haven't read all the earlier books, so I don't know if Carol Ann Spinoza is a new character. She's so nasty that first I worried about how her children were going to turn out -- then actively hoped her husband would be made a widower. Yes, there are Chamber of Commerce meetings and yes, Quill is going to do some more of her doodles that I wish we could get to see. (As usual, the persons captured in the doodles should be glad we can't.) Is romance in the air for Marge? Will Quill's Myles disapprove of her meddling? Can the cowboys & the potential investors mix? Can Quill buy the inn back? This is a worthy entry in a good cozy series. I would like to note, though, for the non-Nero Wolfe fans, that the mention of the great detective in chapter six has one of those errors that spell-check can't catch. The word is "hospitality", not "hostility."
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