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A review by ameserole
Arsenic in the Azaleas by Dale Mayer
4.0
Arsenic in the Azaleas was a pretty fun book to jump into. Not sure why it was never truly on my radar until recently but I'm sort of pissed about that. In this, you will meet Doreen Montgomery. She is just about to be divorced at the ripe age of 35. Her life hasn't been all rainbows and sunshine since she lost a lot of money to her horrible ex-husband.
You'd think once she reached her Nana's house that everything would sort of start to feel a bit normal in her life. Yeah, no, you'd be dead wrong. Mostly because Goliath, the cat, and Mugs, the dog, find a bone and basically play keep away with it. Of course, it doesn't take her long to realize it's a human skeleton bone and start to slightly freak out.
Okay, it was mostly me freaking out because she's holding a piece of human bone here people! Anyhoo, back to the book, this is when her crime solving mystery tingles start to happen and she dives into detective mode. Was she ever one before? No, not really but I was going along with it anyways.
When the bodies keep piling up, though, it's hard to not see who the number one suspect was going to be. It was super obvious that her Nana was suspect number one, but I didn't think she did it. I also really enjoyed her relationship with police officer Mack. Especially when he chastised her every now and then.
In the end, I'm kind of excited to jump into the sequel. Mostly for the animals but I wouldn't mind more of Mack either.
You'd think once she reached her Nana's house that everything would sort of start to feel a bit normal in her life. Yeah, no, you'd be dead wrong. Mostly because Goliath, the cat, and Mugs, the dog, find a bone and basically play keep away with it. Of course, it doesn't take her long to realize it's a human skeleton bone and start to slightly freak out.
Okay, it was mostly me freaking out because she's holding a piece of human bone here people! Anyhoo, back to the book, this is when her crime solving mystery tingles start to happen and she dives into detective mode. Was she ever one before? No, not really but I was going along with it anyways.
When the bodies keep piling up, though, it's hard to not see who the number one suspect was going to be. It was super obvious that her Nana was suspect number one, but I didn't think she did it. I also really enjoyed her relationship with police officer Mack. Especially when he chastised her every now and then.
In the end, I'm kind of excited to jump into the sequel. Mostly for the animals but I wouldn't mind more of Mack either.