Carriage House

Rating:
Summary: Boring and not enough romance.
Review: I am an avid mystery and thrillers reader who enjoys a little bit of romance in the read. This was not very "romantic" and the mystery was completely unreal. The descriptions were good, but the characters were definitely not believable. It was an ok book, but I probably won't buy another by her. This is the first book I have read by Carla, and I am not too impressed. Most romantic supense books have ROMANCE AND SUSPENSE in them, this one had barely any of either.

Rating:
Summary: Waste of Time
Review: I had such high hopes for this book. Thank heaven, someone gave it to me for it is not worth the money to buy it. I liked neither the heroine nor especially the hero. Dead characters, no charisma. I plugged thru to the end and was relieved to finish it. Get it from the library.

Rating:
Summary: AN EXCITING, SUSPENSEFUL READ!
Review: Ms. Neggers books keep getting better and better. The Carriage House is a wonderful. Its packed with suspense,humor and romance. Ms. Neggers writing style brings the characters vividly to life.

Tess Haviland, is an independent woman looking for answers. Andrew, is her neighbor, with a 6,going on 20,year old daughter, who knows it all. Throw in a few shady(?)characters and you're hooked.

If you're looking for a good read, you can't do any better than The Carriage House.

Rating:
Summary: Mediocre at Best
Review: This is my first Carla Neggers book and I had higher hopes for it. It is listed as a romantic suspense, however, the romance was ordinary and there was little suspense. I don't care for books where it is obvious who the killer is early on and you have to wait for all the other players to figure it out. That is what this book does. I think the idea for the story was good but somewhere along the way the plot fizzled out.

Rating:
Summary: Started well... then went downhill
Review: This was an average book - it kept me interested, but barely. I've been enjoying Neggers' books for a few months now, but this was my least favorite. The romance was barely in the book at all - the two main characters hardly even interacted and we're supposed to believe they're in love after two kisses? Yeah. Anyway, the suspense wasn't all that captivating either, and the main character (Tess) was rather cold towards her family, I thought. I think Neggers is a good writer though and would suggest starting with some of her other material first.

Rating:
Summary: This book started great, but then it went to the dumps.
Review: When a person finds a dead body in the basement, you call the police. I can not believe that Tess did not do that. After that the book seemed to go down hill. I figured out that Ike was the skeleton and who had killed him before I was even half way through the book.
I did enjoy the interactions of the characters to each other. I really enjoyed Dolly Thorne's daughter, the little princess. I like that Tess was not any wimp by any standards, and the fact that she was not perfect in figuring out the mystery. I would not recommend this book for the suspense, but I would recommend this book as a good romance.