Author: Krista Davis
Published: November 27th 2018 by Kensington Publishing Corporation
Format: eBook, Paperback, 304 pages
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for an opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
Series: Pen & Ink #2
Florrie Fox, manager of the Color Me Read in Georgetown, has once again gotten herself into a mess when a friend has brought her a copy of a rare manuscript. A coloring book of sorts called The Florist that not only has a cult following, but also people desperate enough to kill for it.
The story gets a bit twist and if it was not for Ms. Davis explaining the rational of the criminals involved, I am sure that I would have gotten a bit confused at the ending. Sometimes crimes can be over thought, but in doing so the story of Dolly Cavanaugh, and her love of estate sales, ends up with her death, a body in a wall, stories of multiple dead husband’s, a supposed college student in his own search, and a group of friends that each in their own way, help to find a killer and return a treasure.
There is a great deal thrown in with an endless stream of characters that might be off putting for some, but once you get the flow, the story takes off. Though a part of a series, the author goes into detail explaining who everyone is so do not feel that you have to start at book one to understand where everyone is within this story. I do hope that the butler, Mr. Dubois, will be a steady recurring character since he is the one bright and shinning character that has stayed with me throughout.
The story gets a bit twist and if it was not for Ms. Davis explaining the rational of the criminals involved, I am sure that I would have gotten a bit confused at the ending. Sometimes crimes can be over thought, but in doing so the story of Dolly Cavanaugh, and her love of estate sales, ends up with her death, a body in a wall, stories of multiple dead husband’s, a supposed college student in his own search, and a group of friends that each in their own way, help to find a killer and return a treasure.
There is a great deal thrown in with an endless stream of characters that might be off putting for some, but once you get the flow, the story takes off. Though a part of a series, the author goes into detail explaining who everyone is so do not feel that you have to start at book one to understand where everyone is within this story. I do hope that the butler, Mr. Dubois, will be a steady recurring character since he is the one bright and shinning character that has stayed with me throughout.
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