Books by Livia J. Washburn
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review 1: This time the murder is close to home (literally). The story line was good, but something seemed to be missing in my opinion. The characters are still likable though Phyllis seems more pushy then usual. While her love for her son is evident, it became too much for me when always ...
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review 1: This is the first time I have a book by this author. It is a fast, easy read about a house of senior citizens, and two of the occupants work together to solve murders in Weatherford in Parker County, TX. None of the characters do anything real exciting. They solve crimes while...
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review 1: I needed to have a read that was easy, not murderous and fun. This ended up fitting nicely into my plans.The author's style makes for a highly readable book. I'm not into hardcore mysteries so I was happy that this was a much more simple affair.The literary travel agency is a ver...
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review 1: SUMMARY: Phyllis Newsom stands a good chance in the Christmas cookie contest with her snowflake-shaped lime sugar cookies. But Mrs. Simmons? gingerdoodles might give her a run for her money?until she?s found strangled in a pile of cookies. With many on Santa?s naughty suspect li...
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review 1: I read the Pumpkin Muffin Murder by Livia J. Washburn not at Thanksgiving time when it was set but at the beginning of the New Year. I did feel connected with the main character, Phyllis Newman. She is in her late sixties light me and even thinks like me! Phyllis lives in Weathe...
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review 1: It was an ok book. About as good as the others in the series. This time Phyllis and her friends go to the Texas coast with her friends in tow to watch her cousins B&B, and of course someone dies and the guests want to leave. So Phyllis and Sam try to find out who really killed th...
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review 1: Retired and widowed, former teacher Phyllis has rented rooms in her big house to others she'd known from her teaching life. Now Eve, perhaps her closest friend, has suddenly decided to marry Roy. Soon Eve is a suspect in a murder, and there seems to be no way to prove her innoc...
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review 1: I liked Delilah in the beginning, but had a difficult time remaining "in the voice." At times it pulled me out of the story and I had to struggle to get back in. Perhaps the narrative style just isn't for me.The entire literary tour idea is still wonderful and leads to a great,...
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review 1: This is the 1st of the freebies that I read over the past weekend. I was pleasantly surprised since this is book 8 in a well-established series (though the author hasn't updated her website since about book 6). It was easy to jump into the story and into the characters lives. I h...
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review 1: This is the first of 'The Fresh-Baked Mysteries' that I have read. This one included a dog, and that makes me happy as I have a pet Sheltie, Srormie. For those of you who may not recognized the term 'Sheltie', it stands for a Shetland Sheep Dog, and if I do say so myself, th...