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Murder In The Mystery Suite (2014)

by Ellery Adams(Favorite Author)

4.02 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0425265595 (ISBN13: 9780425265598)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Berkley

series

Book Retreat Mysteries

review 1: Storyton Hall, hidden away in the hills of Virginia, is a family run resort catering to book lovers. Jane Steward, niece to the present owners, comes up with a Murder and Mayhem week to help drive interest in the resort. From Jane's twin boys (Fitz and Hem) to the staff, townspeople and businesses, there is a heavy nod to books, in particular, mysteries. For instance, Mrs. Hubbard is the on site chef and the Isak Dinesen room is full of taxidermy. At times, I almost found it distracting, but fun to try to guess what literary piece would be highlighted next. As far as cozies go, there was a lot of information, but long on the mystery part, so the book arrived at a satisfying conclusion. It's the first in a new series by this accomplished author, and I'll definitely look for... more the upcoming one that will arrive next summer.
review 2: The was a good little cozy mystery, but I felt at time that it had too much going on. It might be just because it's the first in the series and trying to indroduce everyone and everything, but I thought the complex mystery, the mythical guardians thing, combined with the the quaint village and getting to know all of Jane's life, was overwhelming at times, and detracted from the book. Also, the literary names bit was both endearing and annoying:P And I figured out the culprit becase of how they got so little attention compared to everyone and everything else:P less

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