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A Catered St. Patrick's Day (2012)

by Isis Crawford(Favorite Author)

3.4 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0758247400 (ISBN13: 9780758247407)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

Kensington

series

A Mystery with Recipes

review 1: Bernie and Libby are at it again when Bree Nottingham's nephew is accused of drowning a man in a vat of green beer. Being one of their main catering clients and a powerful woman in the town, Bree gets what she wants. In this case, Bernie, Libby, and their father on the hunt for the true murderer. It isn't easy, though, when the nephew is such a git and the victim is someone who was disliked by nearly everyone in town.
review 2: The Simmons sisters, Libby and Bernie, are hired by one of their catering clients to clear her nephew, Duncan, of a crime he claims he didn't commit. Suspects keep disappearing, and Duncan looks guiltier as time goes by. The Simmons sisters' father, ex-cop Sean, played a prominent role in this story. I was so excited to read this book... more because it is about one of my favorite holidays. However, I had this book checked out for about nine weeks. I thought I would NEVER finish it, so I finally forced myself to finish it today, because I have other books in my to-be-read pile that are due back to the library soon. This will likely be the last book I read in this series. I don’t like to give reviews that aren’t positive, but I have to be honest: this series is just not a good mesh for me. I gave it a chance, but the only character that seemed to experience positive growth was Bernie. This particular installment was not very compelling, and there were too many characters for my reading comfort. Sean is becoming less sympathetic as a character; he seems to simply bulldoze everyone to get his way. As for Libby’s boyfriend Marvin, he is presented as such a weak person that I don’t find him attractive by any stretch of the imagination. And, mostly, over the course of the series, I've come to really dislike Libby. I would not buy food from someone who doesn’t take any pride in her appearance when she could clearly afford to, because I would be afraid she would take the same attitude toward the quality of ingredients she used in her food. And, her constantly popping chocolate in her mouth while rarely offering any to others is just plain tacky. I've also never liked the way she treated her sister Bernie (which is a pet peeve of mine). When I find myself hoping a main character meets an untimely end, it's time for me to move on. If it were just Bernie and Brandon, I might continue on, but, alas, it is not. less

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