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A review by moondance120
Eggs in a Casket by Laura Childs
4.0
The black wrought-iron gates of Memorial Cemetery loomed up through swirling fog like disapproving sentinels as Suzanne's Ford Taurus labored up the narrow, muddy road.
Suzanne and Toni are delivering flowers to the cemetery for the Sesquicentennial Celebration when Toni's umbrella is swept away. The chase leads the ladies to the edge of an open grave in which former prison warden, Lester Drummond, is lying dead. Sheriff Roy Doogie proclaims the death as murder and the ladies of the Cackleberry Club jump into sleuth mode.
I enjoy that this series has female characters that are of a certain age and behave accordingly. Although I want to smack Toni at times. Particularly when she is taken in by Junior's harebrained schemes. Suzanne, Toni and Petra are well rounded characters that seem like they could be your next door neighbor. I love the café! I get hungry just reading what Petra is cooking. Thankfully there are recipes in the back.
It seemed that Doogie kept Suzanne more in the loop in this book than in the past. Perhaps he realizes that she is a pretty good detective.
I am very pleased that Suzanne and Sam's relationship is progressing in a nice mature manner. Its hard to believe that at book number five that she has only been a widow for a little more than a year.
The secondary characters were intriguing and each added a little something to the plot. The arts and craft event sounded like something I would attend. I know that if I lived in Kindred I would be in the Cackleberry Club every day whether it be eating, reading or knitting.
The mystery was well paced and red herrings tossed here and there to throw you off a bit. This is one of my favorite series by one of my favorite authors. I'm so glad that I found it. I look forward to the next book in the series.
Suzanne and Toni are delivering flowers to the cemetery for the Sesquicentennial Celebration when Toni's umbrella is swept away. The chase leads the ladies to the edge of an open grave in which former prison warden, Lester Drummond, is lying dead. Sheriff Roy Doogie proclaims the death as murder and the ladies of the Cackleberry Club jump into sleuth mode.
I enjoy that this series has female characters that are of a certain age and behave accordingly. Although I want to smack Toni at times. Particularly when she is taken in by Junior's harebrained schemes. Suzanne, Toni and Petra are well rounded characters that seem like they could be your next door neighbor. I love the café! I get hungry just reading what Petra is cooking. Thankfully there are recipes in the back.
It seemed that Doogie kept Suzanne more in the loop in this book than in the past. Perhaps he realizes that she is a pretty good detective.
I am very pleased that Suzanne and Sam's relationship is progressing in a nice mature manner. Its hard to believe that at book number five that she has only been a widow for a little more than a year.
The secondary characters were intriguing and each added a little something to the plot. The arts and craft event sounded like something I would attend. I know that if I lived in Kindred I would be in the Cackleberry Club every day whether it be eating, reading or knitting.
The mystery was well paced and red herrings tossed here and there to throw you off a bit. This is one of my favorite series by one of my favorite authors. I'm so glad that I found it. I look forward to the next book in the series.