Publisher: Berkley
Published: April 5, 2016
ISBN: 978-0425278567
Genre: Cozy
Mystery
Format: Print
Obtained via: Publisher
Reviewed by
name and email address: Gina Ginalrmreviews@gmail.com
Now that Nola Mae Harper has decided to stay in Cays Mill,
Georgia and is moving forward with her shop called Peachy Keen she’s finding
herself involved in some of the town’s projects. Among those “projects” is the annual debutant
cotillion and this year her best friend, Ginny’s daughter, is one of the
debutantes. For all how gentile southern
ladies and particularly debutantes can be, their mothers are a whole other
story. In fact, some of them can be
downright murderous. And speaking of
murderous, when Ginny is found standing overo the body of another debs mother,
in no time flat the sheriff is sure she’s got her girl. Not about to let her friend end up in a less
than peachy situation Nola Mae soon finds herself on the path of a killer. Can she pick out the killer before the killer
plucks her?
I totally enjoyed book 1 of Susan Furlong’s George Peach
Mysteries, PEACHES AND SCREAM and eagerly awaited book 2, REST IN PEACH. Once again Ms. Furlong delivers a fun, fast-paced
cozy mystery will great characters and quips at the head of each chapter on
various debutant rules. Cays Mill comes to life on the pages and she certainly
kept me guessing to the very end who done it.
I was pretty sure I had the killer a few times and was delightfully
surprised when that character and why murder happened was revealed.
The only thing that kept this book from being a 5 heart is the
now, ever present love triangle. I
realize this is probably coming from the publishers to try to court new
readers, particularly readers of romance, but the reason cozy readers read
cozies is for the “Miss Marple/Jessica Fletcher” type mysteries…not
romance. At least Furlong hasn’t gone
with the blatant pulling by two male characters that we’re seeing in most other
cozies these days. It’s not the author’s
fault—but it does start to detract from the story.
Still, cozy fans will totally enjoy this series and if you are
new to cozy mysteries, this is a super one to start with. The first two books in the series are pretty
much stand alones and there is just enough back story in REST IN PEACH to know
what’s going on, but if you do not read book 1 you’re missing out on a fun
read.
This is an objective review and not an endorsement of
this book.
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