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A review by attytheresa
Boxes in the Basement by Kathi Daley
3.0
This is a really enjoyable start to a series set in coastal Maine. It's also set mostly in November, ending just a couple weeks after Thanksgiving, which made it perfect for a blustery rainy November day's read!
Abby, a writer living in San Francisco who suffered a devastating personal loss a year ago, decides the only hope to get past the crippling grief is to start over someplace new. She buys, sight unseen, a dilapidated old inn in Holiday Bay, ME, with the intention to renovate it, turn into an income-producing property, and hopefully start writing again. A day or two after she arrives in her new home, a young woman is murdered in the nearby forest, and Abby finds in her basement boxes of personal items belonging to 4 local young women, 2 of whom have died in the last year, and one of whom is missing. As Abby is a mystery writer, she's curious and starts investigating while beginning renovations on the inn, forming relationships with various local, and being adopted by a giant orange Maine Coon cat named Rufus.
The mysteries are very light and frankly are not the driving force behind the stories. What kept me reading with a smile on my face was the Abby and all the animals and people that come into her life. Plus, how can you not love a town that honors its name by naming its streets after different holidays and hosing festivals honoring those holidays? Even the local hardware store gets in on it with turkey decorations.
I'll definitely read more of this series.
Abby, a writer living in San Francisco who suffered a devastating personal loss a year ago, decides the only hope to get past the crippling grief is to start over someplace new. She buys, sight unseen, a dilapidated old inn in Holiday Bay, ME, with the intention to renovate it, turn into an income-producing property, and hopefully start writing again. A day or two after she arrives in her new home, a young woman is murdered in the nearby forest, and Abby finds in her basement boxes of personal items belonging to 4 local young women, 2 of whom have died in the last year, and one of whom is missing. As Abby is a mystery writer, she's curious and starts investigating while beginning renovations on the inn, forming relationships with various local, and being adopted by a giant orange Maine Coon cat named Rufus.
The mysteries are very light and frankly are not the driving force behind the stories. What kept me reading with a smile on my face was the Abby and all the animals and people that come into her life. Plus, how can you not love a town that honors its name by naming its streets after different holidays and hosing festivals honoring those holidays? Even the local hardware store gets in on it with turkey decorations.
I'll definitely read more of this series.