A review by karen_the_baroness
Murder Wears a Little Black Dress by Debra Sennefelder

5.0

Murder Wears a Little Black Dress by Debra Sennefelder is the first book of Kelly's return to Lucy Cove, New York, and it's such a doozy.

Will Kelly save her blossoming business?

Kelly Quinn
Ms. Kelly Quinn inherited Lucky Cove Consignment Shop from her late grandmother. She has been slowly integrating her ideas for the shop. The reason for the slowness is that she has to get rid of some inventory that doesn't suit her vision for the store. Kelly's only employee doesn't like the new shop. I adore Kelly. She is a great character, and I love seeing this side of her that is hesitant about her vision. It is also lovely to see her being the shop owner at a young age. It's fabulous how she doesn't allow her relatives to walk all over her. I'm talking about you, Uncle Ralph, and money-grabbing Summer. I know how their relationship is in the later books, but I like how it starts this way.

Kelly is a fantastic character. I love how she's adamant about clearing not only her name but the shop's name, too. She did not sell haunted clothes and furniture.

The Mystery
Kelly has a customer come in, who is a psychic, who tried on a dress and has a vision of a man being murdered. The very next day, her cousin, who looks eerily like her, is dead in the house that they are both renting. The police are looking into Kelly and the psychic who tried on the dress that started this whole thing. I have to say that I had no clue who ended up doing it or really why until it was revealed. Ms. Sennefelder did well in hiding the clues to follow to find out who did it.

Five Stars
Murder Wears a Little Black Dress by Debra Sennefelder is an excellent start to this wonderful series that I have read almost all the books. I have been reading them out of order, and I love seeing how the Kelly I was introduced to in book 2 got her start in this book, along with how she got to be the great woman she is in books 4 and 5. Ms. Sennefelder is a great author, and I love spending time in this little Long Island town.

I am giving five stars to Murder Wears a Little Black Dress by Debra Sennefelder, and I'm recommending it to all.

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Until the next time,
Karen the Baroness

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