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cservat129's review
4.0
Review:
While this book is part of a series it may be read as a stand alone. With that being said , how could I have missed these books so far?? This is the first book that I have read from this author.
What a great mystery, it has just a touch of the paranormal and that is enough to have me wanting more. Giulia is a ex-nun who at this point in the series is married to Frank, a police detective and pregnant with their first child and runs Driscoll Investigations , a detective agency. Giulia is one tough and feisty pregnant lady, she got in more hair raising near miss serious accidents in this book and found a way to avoid injury! This is a fast paced story with some action (the near miss accidents). The characters in the book are quirky but very believable and I really liked Zane, Driscoll Investigations computer genius, he was constantly embarrassing himself with his accidental inappropriate comments and I found that charming. There were quite a few red herrings in this book , so many suspects and angles to consider and I have to admit I fell for a few of them. I found Elaine , the client who has a haunted house to be a very interesting character. Elaine suffers from serious childhood drama ans has many hangups, to be an interesting character and for some reason she seemed to be a bit distant to me, I could not really get a feel for her as a character. Giulia has to figure out who is trying to scare Elaine and find her too incompetent to run her company. The ending of the book was a huge surprise for me that I did not see coming, although in hindsight when I dissect the characters maybe I would have guessed? Hmm no , I don't think so.
Verdict:
I loved the fact that this is a series but you may read it as a standalone. I am bummed that I have not read this author before but happy that I have quite a few books of Alice Loweecey to read. The story was fast paced with a great twist.This review was originally posted on Cindy's Book Binge
While this book is part of a series it may be read as a stand alone. With that being said , how could I have missed these books so far?? This is the first book that I have read from this author.
What a great mystery, it has just a touch of the paranormal and that is enough to have me wanting more. Giulia is a ex-nun who at this point in the series is married to Frank, a police detective and pregnant with their first child and runs Driscoll Investigations , a detective agency. Giulia is one tough and feisty pregnant lady, she got in more hair raising near miss serious accidents in this book and found a way to avoid injury! This is a fast paced story with some action (the near miss accidents). The characters in the book are quirky but very believable and I really liked Zane, Driscoll Investigations computer genius, he was constantly embarrassing himself with his accidental inappropriate comments and I found that charming. There were quite a few red herrings in this book , so many suspects and angles to consider and I have to admit I fell for a few of them. I found Elaine , the client who has a haunted house to be a very interesting character. Elaine suffers from serious childhood drama ans has many hangups, to be an interesting character and for some reason she seemed to be a bit distant to me, I could not really get a feel for her as a character. Giulia has to figure out who is trying to scare Elaine and find her too incompetent to run her company. The ending of the book was a huge surprise for me that I did not see coming, although in hindsight when I dissect the characters maybe I would have guessed? Hmm no , I don't think so.
Verdict:
I loved the fact that this is a series but you may read it as a standalone. I am bummed that I have not read this author before but happy that I have quite a few books of Alice Loweecey to read. The story was fast paced with a great twist.This review was originally posted on Cindy's Book Binge
verityw's review
3.0
******Copy from NetGalley in return for an honest review******
I enjoyed this cozy mystery but I didn't love it. I've read the first book in this series so I had a handle on who the characters are and what the set up is and the mystery was good but there was a lot of stuff going on with it which in the end didn't seem to be related to the solution but wasn't wrapped up properly either. So readable but not brilliant.
I enjoyed this cozy mystery but I didn't love it. I've read the first book in this series so I had a handle on who the characters are and what the set up is and the mystery was good but there was a lot of stuff going on with it which in the end didn't seem to be related to the solution but wasn't wrapped up properly either. So readable but not brilliant.
readingactually's review
4.0
Review:
While this book is part of a series it may be read as a stand alone. With that being said , how could I have missed these books so far?? This is the first book that I have read from this author.
What a great mystery, it has just a touch of the paranormal and that is enough to have me wanting more. Giulia is a ex-nun who at this point in the series is married to Frank, a police detective and pregnant with their first child and runs Driscoll Investigations , a detective agency. Giulia is one tough and feisty pregnant lady, she got in more hair raising near miss serious accidents in this book and found a way to avoid injury! This is a fast paced story with some action (the near miss accidents). The characters in the book are quirky but very believable and I really liked Zane, Driscoll Investigations computer genius, he was constantly embarrassing himself with his accidental inappropriate comments and I found that charming. There were quite a few red herrings in this book , so many suspects and angles to consider and I have to admit I fell for a few of them. I found Elaine , the client who has a haunted house to be a very interesting character. Elaine suffers from serious childhood drama ans has many hangups, to be an interesting character and for some reason she seemed to be a bit distant to me, I could not really get a feel for her as a character. Giulia has to figure out who is trying to scare Elaine and find her too incompetent to run her company. The ending of the book was a huge surprise for me that I did not see coming, although in hindsight when I dissect the characters maybe I would have guessed? Hmm no , I don't think so.
Verdict:
I loved the fact that this is a series but you may read it as a standalone. I am bummed that I have not read this author before but happy that I have quite a few books of Alice Loweecey to read. The story was fast paced with a great twist.This review was originally posted on Cindy's Book Binge
While this book is part of a series it may be read as a stand alone. With that being said , how could I have missed these books so far?? This is the first book that I have read from this author.
What a great mystery, it has just a touch of the paranormal and that is enough to have me wanting more. Giulia is a ex-nun who at this point in the series is married to Frank, a police detective and pregnant with their first child and runs Driscoll Investigations , a detective agency. Giulia is one tough and feisty pregnant lady, she got in more hair raising near miss serious accidents in this book and found a way to avoid injury! This is a fast paced story with some action (the near miss accidents). The characters in the book are quirky but very believable and I really liked Zane, Driscoll Investigations computer genius, he was constantly embarrassing himself with his accidental inappropriate comments and I found that charming. There were quite a few red herrings in this book , so many suspects and angles to consider and I have to admit I fell for a few of them. I found Elaine , the client who has a haunted house to be a very interesting character. Elaine suffers from serious childhood drama ans has many hangups, to be an interesting character and for some reason she seemed to be a bit distant to me, I could not really get a feel for her as a character. Giulia has to figure out who is trying to scare Elaine and find her too incompetent to run her company. The ending of the book was a huge surprise for me that I did not see coming, although in hindsight when I dissect the characters maybe I would have guessed? Hmm no , I don't think so.
Verdict:
I loved the fact that this is a series but you may read it as a standalone. I am bummed that I have not read this author before but happy that I have quite a few books of Alice Loweecey to read. The story was fast paced with a great twist.This review was originally posted on Cindy's Book Binge
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