Features
- Cover Type: Mass Market Paperback with 256 pages
- Published by: Berkley May 6, 2003
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0425190749
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0425190746
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Book Dimensions:
6.8 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
- Weighs: 4.5 ounces
Susan Wittig Albert
Just the right blend of cozy fun and clever plotting.
Product Review
Just the right blend of cozy fun and clever plotting. (Susan Wittig Albert) Murder suits [Laura Childs] to a tea. (
St. Paul Pioneer Press) Engages the audience from the start. (
Midwest Book Review)
Reader Reviews
Cozy mysteries are great. They're light and quick and enjoyable. However, when the word "mystery" is attatched to the "cozy" bit the author really should follow through. Childs' budding new series has many of the same characteristics as her Tea Shop Mystery series. The setting is strong and definite. She knows the area(s) she's dealing with and seems to delight in describing them to the reader. There are numerous quirky secondary characters that are loyal and supportive and always there at the right times. But there is also the same repetition, the same breeziness, the same lame inner dialogue that makes you go a little crazy because, really, I think we're all just a little more intelligent than that. And then there's the "mystery" part. Right. There really is no mystery. There is a crime, granted. But it's either too easily solved (with little detection work on the part of the protagonist) or just not all that interesting. In other words, you don't care much either way. And the crime and resolution in *Keepsake Crimes* is almost silly. It's very obvious that it's a new series start and it seems like Laura Childs' is more concerned with her character interaction than her crime. It's not that this novel was bad or unreadable, but even those of us who like the occasional "cozy mystery" needs a little mystery there.
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