Book Review: Death Comes to Dogwood Manor

I was given this book by NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

This cozy mystery by Sandra Bretting is great fun. Missy, on her way to her shop, Crowning Glory, has a car accident in front of Dogwood Manor. This once beautiful mansion is being changed into a hotel by Herbert Solomon. His is the car that Missy runs into. A Rolls Royce, no less. This is not a big concern to Herbert as he is too busy dealing with the remodel.

Missy returns to the mansion to check out the chapel where one of her clients is getting married. While there she finds Herbert Solomon dead, by poison. Missy just seems to run into one misfortune after another in this enjoyable book.

I have enjoyed Sandra Bretting’s books in the past and I have a feeling I will be reading more of her works int he future.

Highly recommended.

Book Review: A Fatal Collection

I was given this book by NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

I have fallen back in love with cozy mysteries. These are the kind of mysteries that make you want to sink back into your chair with a pot of tea and read.

In A Fatal Collection (A Keepsake Cove Mystery) I have found such a book.

This is the first in a series of books, I will be reading more in the series.

After spending the night at her aunt’s house, Callie Reed discovers her aunt is dead. Callie doesn’t agree with the authorities when they say her aunt’s death was from an accidental fall.

Callie is left a music box store by her Aunt Melodie. This store fits in with the neighborhood as it seems where ever she looks she sees more stores with collectibles. This is the opportunity Callie decided to take. However, soon odd things happen.

This book was so fun to read and I liked the characters that the author, Mary Ellen Hughes created.