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Heavenly Highland Inn #1
Murdering the Roses
Everything is finally starting to come together for Vicky. She is moving on from the tragic death of her parents four years ago. There is hope of a romantic relationship with handsome Deputy Sheriff Mitchell Slate and she is enjoying running the grand, old inn with her sister and her Aunt Ida. But then, Vicky finds the murdered body of the inn’s gardener. The inn has a wedding booked for the weekend so her wacky Aunt Ida ropes her into investigating the murder. It is a race against the clock to solve the murder so the wedding can go ahead as planned. This puts Vicky and Aunt Ida right in the line of danger. Will Vicky and Aunt Ida be able to stay safe and solve the murder in time? Will the relationship between Deputy Sheriff Mitchell and Vicky blossom or will the mean, by-the-book Sheriff McDonnell stand in their way?
124 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 4, 2013
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March 20, 2020
A garden party
A fast paced new series by Cindy Bell. When the Gardner is killed and rooms ransacked Vicki and Aunt Ida decide they should investigate. Great action, good characters and a strong plot.
A fast paced new series by Cindy Bell. When the Gardner is killed and rooms ransacked Vicki and Aunt Ida decide they should investigate. Great action, good characters and a strong plot.
November 14, 2023
Murdering the Roses is a murder mystery book by Cindy Bell. It’s six chapters long, and about 131 pages, according to the Amazon storefront page for it. The basic premise is that Vicky and her sister Sarah run the Heavenly Highland Inn, and are looking to host a wedding in a few days. However, an employee ends up being murdered. The book focuses on Vicky and we generally follow her through the book.
I have owned this eBook for a few years; I got it back in 2015, when it was free for a promotional period. And It’s one I’ve always intended to come back to, and read. However, I guess I’ve been putting it off for a while. I randomly chose this book to read because I was thinking that I should be reading more mystery stories.
My first thoughts are that the main characters, Vicky and Sarah, are somewhat judgemental and particularly negative about others. Especially appearances. For example, early on, we get introduced to Bob, who works at the inn. There’s an entire paragraph mocking him for his appearance; complaining that he has scarring from acne and that his tan apparently makes him look dirty, in their opinion. And then Vicky degrades him for having a tattoo, implying that people will think he’s a criminal. In my opinion, I know they’re both trying to imply we ought to think badly of him because of this stuff. But realistically, simply having acne scars, being tanned and having a tattoo doesn’t automatically make you a bad person, and it doesn’t automatically mean you’re a criminal. The author spends multiple paragraphs mocking him for this appearance, and is clearly implying that we should think badly of him because of this, rather than focusing on an actually good reason why to dislike him. Then later in the book, Vicky takes a long time to think about how unintelligent he is, in her opinion. The thing about all this is that a lot of characters have negative things to say about the guy, but we don’t get to hear much about these things from his perspective. And a lot of it is that these other characters are treating him negatively, and not always because he’s done something wrong. It gets to the point where Vicky starts victim shaming him when she finds out he is being stalked and harassed by someone. And this stalker had the help of the chef, Henry, who gave the stalker information on where Bob worked. So Henry is actively encouraging someone to harass Bob, but Sarah takes his side, and the side of the stalker. She and Sarah do not seem like good people, and Henry sounds like a jerk as well. Yet Vicky talks so highly of him, and that his cooking pleases the guests. But… Why is she still supporting him? He did something very wrong and leaked private information about a person to another person. If I were Bob, I’d be pretty mad at him as well.
Even if we forget about that Bob stuff for a moment, Vicky has pretty negative thoughts about a variety of other people. Such as thinking rude things about guests, Timothy as an example. She has a few weird thoughts about him. Like she finds him walking around the inn and considers it to be weird. What’s weird about a guest walking around an inn? It felt like the author was trying to make this behaviour out to be suspicious. But the thing is that a guest walking around a hotel is normal. And lots of these types of places have pieces of art around the walls and building, so he could be checking the place out for historical value. Also, there are weddings and events hosted there regularly, so he could have theoretically been looking at the place, with the intention of renting it for an event in future. But the author just kept pushing this suspicion onto that guest, and it didn’t make sense. So what if a hotel owner doesn’t know things about a guest? That’s normal and it doesn’t make him suspicious based on that fact.
To be blunt, I did not like the book featuring things from Vicky’s perspective. Reading her thoughts about people and stuff going on just felt miserable. And kind of creepy at times. For example, once the body has been found, and the police arrive, Vicky is being interviewed by an officer. Despite it being a very serious scene, where someone she knew has literally been murdered, she starts thinking about how handsome the officer is and the author has Vicky checking him out. It’s just downright creepy in this context. And then several of the remarks she makes clearly implies that she’s more worried about the upcoming wedding taking place, rather than the death of the person. And Sarah as well, she remarks that “We’re going to lose a lot of business over this…” They seem so full of hatred for others, and highly disrespectful.
For the mystery aspects… I was not impressed. Whilst implying that she wants to solve the murder herself, Vicky clearly has no intention of making sure that it gets solved the right way. She automatically assumes that the police will do a bad job, just because there hasn’t been a murderer in the town in a while. So she sets about doing the crime solving herself. She finds that a staff member’s apartment has been broken into, and goes looking into it herself. But the thing is that she’s essentially tampering with evidence. She enters the apartment, without even notifying the police of the break in. And the weird thing is that she automatically assumes that the police will do a bad job of it; she notices that the door had been forced open and assumes that the police overlooked this. What a weird thing for her to assume; it’s not like she was there when they were searching the place, so why does she think they overlooked it? And then the next day, she chooses to search the victim’s apartment herself. But that’s still technically a crime scene. Even if the police have been through it, she should not be entering it. Because the police and other investigators might want to come back to double check things, possibly collect more evidence, etc. So she’s tampering with evidence there as well. Imagine if this case were put to a court of law. A lot of the information they have is due to gossip and assumptions, rather than genuine evidence. And aspects of actual evidence they have would likely be considered inadmissible because of people like Vicky, and family, tampering with the crime scenes. Not to mention the bias of the police officer and Vicky. Any half decent defense attorney would be able to get the case thrown out of court because of a distinct lack of real evidence. And it’s just weird that Vicky and Aunt Ida are being praised by the police for this negative behaviour. And, on a similar note, the author doesn’t present us with the full facts of the case. There are still huge unexplained bits of the mystery, and other stuff that just doesn’t make sense. I feel like the mystery was incomplete, and poorly thought out.
The romance aspects are simply awkward, in my opinion. As mentioned above, Vicky has a crush on the officer, and was checking him out while he was interviewing her. And it gets creepier from there. He is later interviewing her professionally, after she has been assaulted by a mysterious intruder, and he starts talking about a date they had had at some point prior. It’s just inappropriate, in my opinion. And it’s a clear conflict of interest in the investigation; he should not be interviewing someone that he has gone on a date with. Get another officer to do it. It’s a clear conflict of interest in the sense that they haven’t ruled her out as a suspect yet. And the fact that he’s given her information about the investigation is inappropriate as well, for the same reason. The entirety of the romantic stuff between them felt really forced into the book, and felt completely unnatural. Especially the way they were talking about their relationship during professional interviews about the death of someone. How is any of that meant to be romantic?
The actual writing of the scenes and worldbuilding is okay. There are some decent descriptions of what’s going on, and a decent amount of information to add more character to the inn. I appreciate that the author includes snippets of its history. As for characters generally, there was a reasonable amount of them. I appreciated that the author didn’t add too many. The thing is that I didn’t like many of them. I kind of like Aunt Idea. She seems okay. But I felt like the author was trying to stereotype her as being a certain kind of older lady. But she was pretty much the only character I felt okay with. However, she also made some nasty and creepy comments at times, unfortunately.
Overall, I was pretty disappointed with this book. My main problem is that it’s one of the types of mystery books where the author clearly just doesn’t seem to understand anything about evidence, evidence tampering, and what would be admissible in court or not. The mystery portion of the book felt incomplete and the romance aspects were very awkward and creepy. And there was a lot of negativity from the main characters towards other people; such as spending multiple paragraphs mentally degrading Bob for his appearance and intelligence, and stereotyping him because of it all. Despite being a main character, Vicky was somewhat of an antagonist, and contributed pretty negatively towards the book and other characters. I did not like the book. I’m glad I got it free because I would have been annoyed if I’d have paid for it. There’s more books in the series, but I don’t think I’ll read them.
I have owned this eBook for a few years; I got it back in 2015, when it was free for a promotional period. And It’s one I’ve always intended to come back to, and read. However, I guess I’ve been putting it off for a while. I randomly chose this book to read because I was thinking that I should be reading more mystery stories.
My first thoughts are that the main characters, Vicky and Sarah, are somewhat judgemental and particularly negative about others. Especially appearances. For example, early on, we get introduced to Bob, who works at the inn. There’s an entire paragraph mocking him for his appearance; complaining that he has scarring from acne and that his tan apparently makes him look dirty, in their opinion. And then Vicky degrades him for having a tattoo, implying that people will think he’s a criminal. In my opinion, I know they’re both trying to imply we ought to think badly of him because of this stuff. But realistically, simply having acne scars, being tanned and having a tattoo doesn’t automatically make you a bad person, and it doesn’t automatically mean you’re a criminal. The author spends multiple paragraphs mocking him for this appearance, and is clearly implying that we should think badly of him because of this, rather than focusing on an actually good reason why to dislike him. Then later in the book, Vicky takes a long time to think about how unintelligent he is, in her opinion. The thing about all this is that a lot of characters have negative things to say about the guy, but we don’t get to hear much about these things from his perspective. And a lot of it is that these other characters are treating him negatively, and not always because he’s done something wrong. It gets to the point where Vicky starts victim shaming him when she finds out he is being stalked and harassed by someone. And this stalker had the help of the chef, Henry, who gave the stalker information on where Bob worked. So Henry is actively encouraging someone to harass Bob, but Sarah takes his side, and the side of the stalker. She and Sarah do not seem like good people, and Henry sounds like a jerk as well. Yet Vicky talks so highly of him, and that his cooking pleases the guests. But… Why is she still supporting him? He did something very wrong and leaked private information about a person to another person. If I were Bob, I’d be pretty mad at him as well.
Even if we forget about that Bob stuff for a moment, Vicky has pretty negative thoughts about a variety of other people. Such as thinking rude things about guests, Timothy as an example. She has a few weird thoughts about him. Like she finds him walking around the inn and considers it to be weird. What’s weird about a guest walking around an inn? It felt like the author was trying to make this behaviour out to be suspicious. But the thing is that a guest walking around a hotel is normal. And lots of these types of places have pieces of art around the walls and building, so he could be checking the place out for historical value. Also, there are weddings and events hosted there regularly, so he could have theoretically been looking at the place, with the intention of renting it for an event in future. But the author just kept pushing this suspicion onto that guest, and it didn’t make sense. So what if a hotel owner doesn’t know things about a guest? That’s normal and it doesn’t make him suspicious based on that fact.
To be blunt, I did not like the book featuring things from Vicky’s perspective. Reading her thoughts about people and stuff going on just felt miserable. And kind of creepy at times. For example, once the body has been found, and the police arrive, Vicky is being interviewed by an officer. Despite it being a very serious scene, where someone she knew has literally been murdered, she starts thinking about how handsome the officer is and the author has Vicky checking him out. It’s just downright creepy in this context. And then several of the remarks she makes clearly implies that she’s more worried about the upcoming wedding taking place, rather than the death of the person. And Sarah as well, she remarks that “We’re going to lose a lot of business over this…” They seem so full of hatred for others, and highly disrespectful.
For the mystery aspects… I was not impressed. Whilst implying that she wants to solve the murder herself, Vicky clearly has no intention of making sure that it gets solved the right way. She automatically assumes that the police will do a bad job, just because there hasn’t been a murderer in the town in a while. So she sets about doing the crime solving herself. She finds that a staff member’s apartment has been broken into, and goes looking into it herself. But the thing is that she’s essentially tampering with evidence. She enters the apartment, without even notifying the police of the break in. And the weird thing is that she automatically assumes that the police will do a bad job of it; she notices that the door had been forced open and assumes that the police overlooked this. What a weird thing for her to assume; it’s not like she was there when they were searching the place, so why does she think they overlooked it? And then the next day, she chooses to search the victim’s apartment herself. But that’s still technically a crime scene. Even if the police have been through it, she should not be entering it. Because the police and other investigators might want to come back to double check things, possibly collect more evidence, etc. So she’s tampering with evidence there as well. Imagine if this case were put to a court of law. A lot of the information they have is due to gossip and assumptions, rather than genuine evidence. And aspects of actual evidence they have would likely be considered inadmissible because of people like Vicky, and family, tampering with the crime scenes. Not to mention the bias of the police officer and Vicky. Any half decent defense attorney would be able to get the case thrown out of court because of a distinct lack of real evidence. And it’s just weird that Vicky and Aunt Ida are being praised by the police for this negative behaviour. And, on a similar note, the author doesn’t present us with the full facts of the case. There are still huge unexplained bits of the mystery, and other stuff that just doesn’t make sense. I feel like the mystery was incomplete, and poorly thought out.
The romance aspects are simply awkward, in my opinion. As mentioned above, Vicky has a crush on the officer, and was checking him out while he was interviewing her. And it gets creepier from there. He is later interviewing her professionally, after she has been assaulted by a mysterious intruder, and he starts talking about a date they had had at some point prior. It’s just inappropriate, in my opinion. And it’s a clear conflict of interest in the investigation; he should not be interviewing someone that he has gone on a date with. Get another officer to do it. It’s a clear conflict of interest in the sense that they haven’t ruled her out as a suspect yet. And the fact that he’s given her information about the investigation is inappropriate as well, for the same reason. The entirety of the romantic stuff between them felt really forced into the book, and felt completely unnatural. Especially the way they were talking about their relationship during professional interviews about the death of someone. How is any of that meant to be romantic?
The actual writing of the scenes and worldbuilding is okay. There are some decent descriptions of what’s going on, and a decent amount of information to add more character to the inn. I appreciate that the author includes snippets of its history. As for characters generally, there was a reasonable amount of them. I appreciated that the author didn’t add too many. The thing is that I didn’t like many of them. I kind of like Aunt Idea. She seems okay. But I felt like the author was trying to stereotype her as being a certain kind of older lady. But she was pretty much the only character I felt okay with. However, she also made some nasty and creepy comments at times, unfortunately.
Overall, I was pretty disappointed with this book. My main problem is that it’s one of the types of mystery books where the author clearly just doesn’t seem to understand anything about evidence, evidence tampering, and what would be admissible in court or not. The mystery portion of the book felt incomplete and the romance aspects were very awkward and creepy. And there was a lot of negativity from the main characters towards other people; such as spending multiple paragraphs mentally degrading Bob for his appearance and intelligence, and stereotyping him because of it all. Despite being a main character, Vicky was somewhat of an antagonist, and contributed pretty negatively towards the book and other characters. I did not like the book. I’m glad I got it free because I would have been annoyed if I’d have paid for it. There’s more books in the series, but I don’t think I’ll read them.
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April 11, 2015
Cute short story. Enjoyable cozy mystery.
April 15, 2015
B and B
This was a simplistic murder mystery. Easy reading! The characters should be able to grow in future books. Books just need more plot.
This was a simplistic murder mystery. Easy reading! The characters should be able to grow in future books. Books just need more plot.
April 16, 2015
Kindle/Mystery: I really should like amateur skullduggery books. I struggled & skimmed through this one. I couldn't identify with any of the characters because they had no depth.
May 27, 2015
I like cozy mysteries. This one was okay. It was predictable and had cheesy characters.
June 12, 2023
After I noted three grammatical errors in the first paragraph, I nearly didn't bother reading. But I hate to give up without giving a book a chance, and I did end up finishing. I simply didn't highlight *all* the grammatical and punctuation errors. Run-on sentences, unclear antecedents, commas in place of semi-colons, and the like made it difficult to read.
Aside from that technical morass, the story was just "meh", and some plot points simply unbelievable. As an example, where would one find a high-end inn that allows an unknown guest to check in with simply a first name and cash deposit. What detective is not permitted to answer his phone when on an active case?
There are lots of good cozy mysteries. There are lots of good *free* cozy mysteries. Most, though not all, are more worth your time.
Aside from that technical morass, the story was just "meh", and some plot points simply unbelievable. As an example, where would one find a high-end inn that allows an unknown guest to check in with simply a first name and cash deposit. What detective is not permitted to answer his phone when on an active case?
There are lots of good cozy mysteries. There are lots of good *free* cozy mysteries. Most, though not all, are more worth your time.
July 20, 2020
This was a really good start to a new series. A short fast read which kept me turning the pages. I had guessed who the murderer was but the story line was fun and the characters are all good and I can't wait to see them develop. Even the sheriff turned out to be maybe not such a bad guy. The shy, caring handsome deputy will make a great love interest. Aunt Ida is going to be a great fun character who is going to get into so much trouble. My only complaint was that it was too short and I wanted to keep reading. Guess I will have to get the next book.
June 26, 2017
Watch out for gardeners you hire. Background check!!!!!
10 stars!
Vickie, Sarah and aunt Ida are something else. Especially Vickie and aunt Ida they are like Lucy and Ethel when it comes to their hair brain schemes.
The trouble those two get into make you hold your breath at times.
The police can't control those two, the two sleuths in the thick of t things.
There is deception, robbery, ex-cons hiding things, and murder, car chases.
You will love it.
10 stars!
Vickie, Sarah and aunt Ida are something else. Especially Vickie and aunt Ida they are like Lucy and Ethel when it comes to their hair brain schemes.
The trouble those two get into make you hold your breath at times.
The police can't control those two, the two sleuths in the thick of t things.
There is deception, robbery, ex-cons hiding things, and murder, car chases.
You will love it.
July 31, 2023
Good Series Starter
Vicky and her sister run an upscale inn, with Aunt Ida living there, also. And what a character is Aunt Ida!
Their handyman is murdered, Vicky is attacked, and Aunt Ida wants to solve the case.
This even has an exciting chase scene. Can't wait to read Book 2!
Vicky and her sister run an upscale inn, with Aunt Ida living there, also. And what a character is Aunt Ida!
Their handyman is murdered, Vicky is attacked, and Aunt Ida wants to solve the case.
This even has an exciting chase scene. Can't wait to read Book 2!
December 16, 2023
MURDERING THE ROSES
A new series to me from Cindy Bell! It was pretty good but I figured who would be murdered from the first chapter. The murderer was harder to figure out. The Sheriff is a real jerk & has a terrible attitude towards all the ladies. Interesting how the ladies ended up figuring out what happened first!
A new series to me from Cindy Bell! It was pretty good but I figured who would be murdered from the first chapter. The murderer was harder to figure out. The Sheriff is a real jerk & has a terrible attitude towards all the ladies. Interesting how the ladies ended up figuring out what happened first!
May 11, 2017
What fun 😀
Cindy Bell does it again. Beautiful setting, wonderful characters and a fun little mystery. Aunt Ida is a delight 😀 . I can see her two nieces have their hands full keeping her out of trouble. Can't wait for the next adventure.
Cindy Bell does it again. Beautiful setting, wonderful characters and a fun little mystery. Aunt Ida is a delight 😀 . I can see her two nieces have their hands full keeping her out of trouble. Can't wait for the next adventure.
October 20, 2017
Great story...
I enjoyed this story of adventure and suspense. The author has done a wonderful job of choosing her characters for the tale of mystery and romance. Another nice story.
I enjoyed this story of adventure and suspense. The author has done a wonderful job of choosing her characters for the tale of mystery and romance. Another nice story.
November 21, 2018
A quick read
February 28, 2019
2.5 stars. When the co-owner of an inn sets out to fire an employee, but stumbles upon his body instead, the hunt is on for the killer.
December 28, 2020
Quick read. Poor character development and predictable.
March 25, 2016
This book was a very cute, quick, witty, and yes kind of predictable but it was great. I read for the enjoyment of the story not to check grammar and sentence structure that's not my job. I read other reviews and don't get how people can do that and still enjoy the book . This is about two sisters who own and run an inn with their Aunt Ida. When one of their quest check in with cash and only his first name red flags go up. While Vicky is walking in the garden looking for one of their employees she finds him murdered in among the roses. The story leads us along with Aunt Ida and Vicky as they look for clues to who the quest with the first name only is and who killed their employee. This is a quick read for a raining day and if you don't want to think about anything except loosing yourself in an easy read.
April 11, 2016
I enjoy cozies and this one was a short read. Vicky, her sister Sarah and her aunt Ida run an inn catering to celebrity clientele. Their gardener is murdered.
Setting up a new cozy series can be a challenge in that you need to give the sleuth a believable reason to investigate the crime. That was one of the things I didn't care for much in this book. She automatically assumed the cops (one of which she dated) were incapable of solving the crime for no apparent reason. Then she did one silly thing after another that defied common sense.
Though I did like the characters a bit, they need fleshing out and hopefully will as the series progresses.
Finally, the mystery didn't really have many suspects and some of the twists felt a bit forced to me.
Setting up a new cozy series can be a challenge in that you need to give the sleuth a believable reason to investigate the crime. That was one of the things I didn't care for much in this book. She automatically assumed the cops (one of which she dated) were incapable of solving the crime for no apparent reason. Then she did one silly thing after another that defied common sense.
Though I did like the characters a bit, they need fleshing out and hopefully will as the series progresses.
Finally, the mystery didn't really have many suspects and some of the twists felt a bit forced to me.
April 8, 2014
Vicky and Sarah are running the family inn after the death of their parents. Aunt Ida has been looking out for them and helping whenever possible. Vicky is about ready to fire an employee when she finds him dead in the garden. Vicky only hired him because of an obligation that she felt toward his mom. Bob's death stirs up difficulty when patrons of the inn start leaving because of the police presence.
This series is so similar to the Bekki Beautician series. Especial when you consider both main characters are dating a police officer. I didn't like this as much but I will try another in the series to see what happens.
This series is so similar to the Bekki Beautician series. Especial when you consider both main characters are dating a police officer. I didn't like this as much but I will try another in the series to see what happens.
April 25, 2014
I enjoyed this overall. The first scene made me wonder if I was going to be able to finish the book though. It didn't work for me, reminding me of a bad movie with characters that were not well developed and poor acting. I found it interesting to watch the writer pull the story and characters somewhat together after that. The mystery was not hard to figure out but I still enjoyed the book for the first in a series and expect I will read another one.
April 2, 2015
A very short book, it wasn't until I finished the book that I figured out the title as it doesn't really relate much to the story. Two sisters own and run an inn with the help of their aunt. When their gardener I'd found murdered in their garden their high end establishment is in an uproar. The sisters, well one sister and the aunt must solve the murder so business, and a wedding can continue. The characters seem a little shallow but the plot was good with the occasional twist.
May 9, 2015
This book is a fun, easy, clean read, with just the right touch of suspense to keep you interested. It isn’t a suspense, thriller murder mystery, but still a page turner to find out what trouble the crazy characters will get into next. There's a small hint of possible romance someday, but no explicit sex, foul language or graphic violence. Read this book if you want to spend a pleasant afternoon reading a clean whodunit. If you’re looking for a complicated mystery, this isn’t the book for you.
May 4, 2015
Murdering the Roses
This story gets its title from a comment by one of the characters. It seems the new gardener isn't as plant savvy as he should be and the lovely Inn's gardens are showing off his mishandling.
Then a body is found. The staff, the guests, and vendors are all potential murderers.
And there is a wedding to be held within days.
Will they figure out the mystery so the bride can have her dream day?
This story gets its title from a comment by one of the characters. It seems the new gardener isn't as plant savvy as he should be and the lovely Inn's gardens are showing off his mishandling.
Then a body is found. The staff, the guests, and vendors are all potential murderers.
And there is a wedding to be held within days.
Will they figure out the mystery so the bride can have her dream day?
March 16, 2015
This was a quick read. It was a good first book in the series. Sarah and her younger sister Vicky are owners of the highland inn. When the gardner is killed just as Vicky is about to fire him, the wedding event being held at the inn that weekend is put in jeopordy. Vicky and her aunt Ida set out to catch a killer in time for the wedding.
April 12, 2015
Lots a fun
I thoroughly enjoyed this book the characters were fantastic I could visualize every moment of the time and plus it's nice to know that someone gives that much of a care of somebody else's wedding. She went whole hog to make Jennifer's wedding everything she could dream of
I thoroughly enjoyed this book the characters were fantastic I could visualize every moment of the time and plus it's nice to know that someone gives that much of a care of somebody else's wedding. She went whole hog to make Jennifer's wedding everything she could dream of
March 1, 2016
Murdering the Roses, Cindy Bell, Heavenly Highland Inn Cozy Mysteries, Bk 1, NB-M, @ 5/29/14, 8/18/15, 58 Pgs. Vicky, sister Sarah and Aunt Ida run an inn left to them by their parents. Vicky hires a gardener who is not so good in the garden. When he is murdered, Vicky and Aunt Ida work to solve the crime. Okay.
July 24, 2023
This was alright. Straightforward cozy mystery. The romance was pretty average - very instalove. The mystery was okay. The characters were alright. Vicki was a bit ditzy. Aunt Ida was funny though. The plot was kind of thin but it was readable. 2 stars.
April 3, 2015
A good little mystery
This is a cute little mystery with of romance thrown in for good measure. Aunt Ida is a tad dingy and not a bit like my great aunt, Ida, but she was a woman of the late nineteenth century and very forward thinking and independent.
This is a cute little mystery with of romance thrown in for good measure. Aunt Ida is a tad dingy and not a bit like my great aunt, Ida, but she was a woman of the late nineteenth century and very forward thinking and independent.
August 13, 2015
A fun, light read for a lazy afternoon.
A rather whimsical easy read. Humorous and well-written, this is an enjoyable, relaxing, entertaining read for an afternoon at the beach or a backyard hammock. Just fun.
A rather whimsical easy read. Humorous and well-written, this is an enjoyable, relaxing, entertaining read for an afternoon at the beach or a backyard hammock. Just fun.
May 4, 2015
Mystery and Marriage
Always make up a good storylines. My first read in the Heavenly Highland Inn Cozy Series, was a pure dose of pleasure. Now as I read the next story, I hope to get the same amount of enjoyment out of book #2.
Always make up a good storylines. My first read in the Heavenly Highland Inn Cozy Series, was a pure dose of pleasure. Now as I read the next story, I hope to get the same amount of enjoyment out of book #2.
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