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hedgielib's review
The relationship aspect gets tedious and the interesting parts of garage sale work gets lost. Feels much more afterthought
sg911911's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
annsbibliotherapy's review against another edition
4.0
I'm now totally hooked on the series, I have to find out who Sarah chooses.....
rants_n_reads's review
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
ncrabb's review against another edition
3.0
Garage sale organizer and amateur sleuth Sarah Winston is hosting what she bills as the largest garage sale in New England in her small Massachusetts community. Her ex-husband is the chief of police, and he’s not happy with her for creating this event with its accompanying traffic and crowd control problems. Sarah, on the other hand, is thrilled with it until a local financial analyst dies. They find his murdered body in the art studio belonging to Sarah’s friend, Carol. Before Sarah’s ex can rush Carol off to prison, Sarah learns who the real killer is.
This is an ok series. I’ll read the third book in it eventually. One intriguing subplot is Sarah’s ability to juggle amorous advances from her ex-husband and the local county attorney. You’d think a woman in her 30s would figure out that the kind of man-juggling she’s doing is never going to end well.
This is an ok series. I’ll read the third book in it eventually. One intriguing subplot is Sarah’s ability to juggle amorous advances from her ex-husband and the local county attorney. You’d think a woman in her 30s would figure out that the kind of man-juggling she’s doing is never going to end well.
lafontain's review
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
ssejig's review against another edition
4.0
I'm enjoying this second book in the series. Sarah Winston starts off with completing "New England's Largest Yard Sale" which was almost disrupted by a series of fires. Add in a murder, a missing painting that Sarah's friend did for a mysterious client which later becomes a forgery, and Sarah's continuing love triangle and you've got a fun mystery. Okay, for me, the triangle is a little annoying. But we're only two books in so it's not too bad.
kellyekell's review against another edition
5.0
This has become one of my favorite cozy series. I love that the author bucks some of the common tropes (Sarah can't cook, is allergic to cats, is divorced from the police chief yet still figuring out if she wants to get back with him.) The author also does a great job weaving in military life and garage sale tips. Definitely worth the read if you are looking for a good light weight, funny mystery. I need her to get with (REDACTED) though and stop playing around!
dollycas's review against another edition
5.0
Dollycas’s Thoughts
Book #2 of this series has Sarah Winston organizing a huge garage sale, the largest in New England. The day arrives with crowds of people, traffic jams, happy customers, and a very happy town manager. The tourists would come for the sale and spend money and then she hoped would come back again and again. But then, a man is found murdered at the Paint and Wine studio and a painting is missing. Then another valuable painting is stolen from the library. Sarah’s ex, C. J. Hooker is ready to pin the crimes on Carol Carson, the owner of the studio and Sarah’s friend. With the town’s garage sale over Sarah has some time on her hands and she is going to use it bag the real culprit. The clues have her chasing all over town and the Air Force base. She may solve more than one mystery before she wraps up her investigation.
I love Sarah Winston. Between her garage sale business, dating two men, her ex, and Seth, the local district attorney, and volunteering a the base thrift store, she is one busy woman. But she uses all of it to try to catch a killer. People open up to her very easily and she can do a little snooping under the guise of garage sale business. Her friends are great sources too. She also has no problem asking C.J. and Seth for information either. Every character that the author has created comes off realistically. They have grown since the first book. I enjoyed getting to know all of them a little better.
The mystery this time has several tangents with twists galore. The story starts a little slow but then the pace picks up as more clues are revealed and the motive becomes more clear. There is a lot of ground covered in this story, but by the end, the plot and subplots come together nicely with just a little romantic cliffhanger that has me excited to read book #3.
I love the author’s writing style, the way she shares life on an Air Force Base and it’s neighboring town. The way she picks up that Boston accent and the way real people talk. The dialogue in this story is excellent. Her descriptions of time and place clearly enabled me to picture everything that was happening. The mystery was well plotted and real life was portrayed honestly. The romance was depicted well and made me laugh more than a few times.
I am late to the party for this series but hope to catch up before I Know What You Bid Last Summer comes out at the end of February.
Book #2 of this series has Sarah Winston organizing a huge garage sale, the largest in New England. The day arrives with crowds of people, traffic jams, happy customers, and a very happy town manager. The tourists would come for the sale and spend money and then she hoped would come back again and again. But then, a man is found murdered at the Paint and Wine studio and a painting is missing. Then another valuable painting is stolen from the library. Sarah’s ex, C. J. Hooker is ready to pin the crimes on Carol Carson, the owner of the studio and Sarah’s friend. With the town’s garage sale over Sarah has some time on her hands and she is going to use it bag the real culprit. The clues have her chasing all over town and the Air Force base. She may solve more than one mystery before she wraps up her investigation.
I love Sarah Winston. Between her garage sale business, dating two men, her ex, and Seth, the local district attorney, and volunteering a the base thrift store, she is one busy woman. But she uses all of it to try to catch a killer. People open up to her very easily and she can do a little snooping under the guise of garage sale business. Her friends are great sources too. She also has no problem asking C.J. and Seth for information either. Every character that the author has created comes off realistically. They have grown since the first book. I enjoyed getting to know all of them a little better.
The mystery this time has several tangents with twists galore. The story starts a little slow but then the pace picks up as more clues are revealed and the motive becomes more clear. There is a lot of ground covered in this story, but by the end, the plot and subplots come together nicely with just a little romantic cliffhanger that has me excited to read book #3.
I love the author’s writing style, the way she shares life on an Air Force Base and it’s neighboring town. The way she picks up that Boston accent and the way real people talk. The dialogue in this story is excellent. Her descriptions of time and place clearly enabled me to picture everything that was happening. The mystery was well plotted and real life was portrayed honestly. The romance was depicted well and made me laugh more than a few times.
I am late to the party for this series but hope to catch up before I Know What You Bid Last Summer comes out at the end of February.
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