Author: Katie Gayle
Published: March 31st 2021 by Bookouture
Format: Kindle, 260 pagess
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for an opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
Series: Epiphany Bloom Mysteries #2
You would think that with the word murder in the title that the body would have shown up before the reader was halfway through the book. Or that murder was even relevant. Nope, not in The Museum Murder by the writing team of Kate Sidley and Gail Schimmel. The murder read more like an afterthought where the victim could have just as easily skipped town and the reader wouldn’t think twice about it. But no, it isn’t till the very end where it is slightly rehashed and the reader had already connected the dots.
Once again Epiphany “Pip” Bloom is in search of a job since her bumbling has landed her with no income and the rent due. Her farfetched snippets as to why the long string of previous positions hasn’t worked out are entertaining -- hamsters in onesies seem to be pushing it. By mere happenstance, Pip is in the Museum of Movie Memorabilia and Vintage Costumes when it occurs to Annabelle that she could use a new curator. Pip jumps at the idea not realizing what she will be doing is tracking down a missing iconic dress worn by non-other than Julia Roberts. How could no one see this going sideways quickly? With one month of training in her previous job as a private investigator, Pip sets out to find the dress and save the day. Little did she know that not everyone was telling the truth and that there is an actual underground full of baddies dealing in stolen Hollywood history.
This book is a bumbling Lucy and Ethyl escapade from the beginning. If it wasn’t for Flis and her mangling of words and terms, I would have put this book down long before the token body showed up.
Once again Epiphany “Pip” Bloom is in search of a job since her bumbling has landed her with no income and the rent due. Her farfetched snippets as to why the long string of previous positions hasn’t worked out are entertaining -- hamsters in onesies seem to be pushing it. By mere happenstance, Pip is in the Museum of Movie Memorabilia and Vintage Costumes when it occurs to Annabelle that she could use a new curator. Pip jumps at the idea not realizing what she will be doing is tracking down a missing iconic dress worn by non-other than Julia Roberts. How could no one see this going sideways quickly? With one month of training in her previous job as a private investigator, Pip sets out to find the dress and save the day. Little did she know that not everyone was telling the truth and that there is an actual underground full of baddies dealing in stolen Hollywood history.
This book is a bumbling Lucy and Ethyl escapade from the beginning. If it wasn’t for Flis and her mangling of words and terms, I would have put this book down long before the token body showed up.
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