An Odelia Grey Mystery (6 books in series)
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review 1: I'm a big fan of the Odelia Grey mystery series, featuring a plus-size paralegal, her wheelchair bound but very active husband, and assorted pets, family members and coworkers set in Southern California. This latest entry, Secondhand Stiff, is as wonderful as ever. One change off...
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review 1: Odelia Grey, fifty-something, plus-sized paralegal, has her estranged mother visiting for Thanksgiving. Her husband’s cousin Ina, who shows up for Thanksgiving dinner without her husband, and with ugly bruises, clearly has marital problems. A few days after Thanksgiving, Odelia, ...
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review 1: This book is more like 3.5 stars (why hasn't goodreads come up with half stars yet?) I just don't feel like it's quite four stars because while it is entertaining and well written, I just have so much trouble suspending reality when reading these Odelia Grey books. Not only for w...
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review 1: Odelia is a fun character and the book was an easy read. It might be better if I started this series at the beginning. The author had to weave the back story from earlier books into this novel to let the reader know how the characters connected. Sometimes the back story fit we...
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review 1: It has been pointed out to me recently that times are good these days if you like reading mysteries. There is an absolutely astounding proliferation of mystery series out there, with literally something for everyone in terms of characters, themes, settings, & so on. Many of them ...
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review 1: This time around, reluctant corpse magnet Odelia Grey really manages to put her foot in it: finding a dead body in the coat room at the reception following the marriage of her best friend's daughter. The book opens with an understandably freaked-out Zee Washington brandishing a c...