Cold, Hard Fax (Molly Masters Mysteries)

Rating:
Summary: An OK Read
Review: Freelance fax-cartoonist Molly Masters and her family have moved into a new house, only to find that the previous owner keeps harassing them when they try to dig up the garden. Then he is shot dead on the property, the garden gets dug up rather more thoroughly than planned (killing the children's pet pumpkin in the process) and someone starts faxing Molly threats. Certainly not the way to make a good first impression on the neighborhood!

A light, silly dark comedy, this book might seem shallow, but it is also humorous and entertaining. Definitely worth the effort.

Rating:
Summary: Keep the Fax
Review: I love mysteries and have read thousands of them in my lifetime. This one is badly written, the dialogue is artificial and stilted and the storyline is ridiculous. I had to force myself to finish it, and the ending made no sense based on the story. This is the type of book that makes me say, "Well, if they're printing [stuff] like this, I definitely should write a book." Don't waste your money.

Rating:
Summary: Not even on a rainy day!
Review: Insomnia has forced me to read a lot of really bad books in the wee hours of the morning lately but this book is by far the worst I've had to endure. Molly is an extremely unappealing, one dimensional character with little personality and it's no surprise to me that her neighbors aren't interested in getting to know her. I wish I could say this book was so bad it put me to sleep, but it was too bad to even do that. Must've been a slow day at the publishing house when they accepted this one.

Rating:
Summary: An OK Read
Review: This one was better than the previous installment of the series, but by no means up to the first one.

I found the whole story confusing. It was very hard to keep track of who was who, and some things that were thrown in as "red herrings" made absolutely no sense at all in the end. I hope the author can get back on track, because I really enjoyed the first book of this series, but I've been let down since.