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Laced With Poison (2013)

by Meg London(Favorite Author)

3.76 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0425252140 (ISBN13: 9780425252147)

languge

English

genre

Picture Books

publisher

Berkley

series

A Sweet Nothings Lingerie Mystery

review 1: Autumn is a great time for me to get into cozy mysteries. After a summer of hot romance and thrilling suspense it is good to chill on a crisp autumn afternoon with a cozy under a tree. Cozies were written especially for us women who read Nancy Drew as girls and long for a tale of amateur sleuthing. The formula is usually the same....a young (ish) woman who owns her own business or works for a relative/friend, has a guy in her life but for whatever reason marriage isn't on the horizon, there are some quirky characters, a friend will usually be a suspect, a dog or a cat (or both)is featured, there is humor as well as a murder usually with some unusual death of which the main character becomes an amateur sleuth to solve the crime, and everything in the story is themed ... morearound the particular business of the main character like vintage clothing, libraries or lingerie the latter of which is the store featured in LACED WITH POISON. This was almost a textbook mystery, I enjoyed it as a fast read but other than entertainment I didn't get much from it except I am glad that foxglove doesn't grow around here! :) This was only the second book in the series so there was minimal reference to the first book and I didn't feel like I had walked into a party and was confused by what was going on. I might read the first novel but not sure if I was inspired enough to read the rest of the series. There were fun characters and suitably unlikable people but not that much depth and was just too much of the cozy formula and a neat package for my taste.
review 2: Since I usually read more intense literature, I have had to develop a different set of valuations for this genre. I used to read a great deal more of this type, but had moved away until Meg's/Peg's work has hit the market. That said, I enjoyed this book much more than the first of the series, possibly because I knew what to expect from the genre, possibly because the author didn't mention "sweet tea" and lemonade" quite as often. In the South, we really don't drink as much as they apparently do in Paris, TN. The plot was more intriguing and I liked that the beginning relationship between the main character and her guy friend is developing at an appropriate pace. I also like that her older aunt has a love life! I can so visualize the good-looking older man! Loving mysteries as I do, whatever the literary style, I appreciated the red herrings Meg threw in, although I did guess the perpetrator pretty quickly. I am looking forward to reading more of this series! less

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