A Do-It-Yourself Mystery (8 books in series)
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review 1: Quite predictable though it was, this was everything that I like in a cozy. The main character was quite sympathetic - just the right blend of sassiness, savvy, and cluelessness. For the most part, the other characters were also easy for me as a reader find them appealing. The...
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review 1: I always enjoy Jennie Bentley's writing, although I really don't like Derek and Avery. I did figure out the killer right away in this one, although I enjoyed watching it unfold. Avery was her usual annoying self and Derek brought himself to a new low with visiting a strip club a...
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review 1: Another great Do It Yourself mystery. Avery and her boyfriend Derek have agreed to flip a house for a TV show. Think Sell This House on HGTV. A local TV newscaster offers his small house. From day 1, when a dead body shows up when the crew comes in to film, things go wrong. There...
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review 1: Where to start... I like the characters as usual, but Avery's issue with Melissa is just annoying. And why does Derrik run to every request that Melissa makes? That whole thing is a bit annoying. I liked the plot but I'm not sure everything was cleared up in the end, although I c...
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review 1: I really do like this series, although Plaster and Poison was my least favorite. I love the cast of characters and enjoyed meeting Avery and Derek's families. Avery is still quite insecure in her relationship with Derek and it doesn't seem that they have grown much as a couple ...
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review 1: This is the second book in the home renovation and design mystery series. Avery and her new boyfriend Derek, having finished renovating the cottage Avery inherited from her great aunt, buy a 1950's ranch house to flip. 20 years previously a man had murdered his wife and in-laws i...
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review 1: This is a typical cosy mystery - attractive young woman comes to small town as the result of a family bequest, mystery develops, yadda, yadda. It's the details that make them different and I enjoyed the weirdness of the house, although I'd have liked to have met the cats more oft...
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review 1: I like this series - a lot. I even research after reading each installment the renovation projects of Avery, trying to find out as much as I can about each type of the house :) This part was also good, not amazing but satisfying. Maybe - at first (say, like half of the book), Ave...