Book Review: This Old Souse

Reviewed By: Kat - RAM - Wisconsin

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Mary Daheim
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Amateur Sleuth   Woman Main Character   Cozy
Series: Hillside Manor Bed & Breakfast # 20
William Morrow, August 2004, 320 pages

Finding a dead milkman in your car trunk can put a damper on your day, and if you live in the Pacific Northwest, it’s damp enough already!

When her cousin Renie talks Judith McMonigle Flynn into snooping around an old house that has tweaked her attention since childhood, Judith expects nothing more than to assuage Renie’s curiosity. However, that’s not how things work in the Land of Cozy. With her Bed & Breakfast business booming, Judith’s car is impounded thanks to the unfortunate milkman, her days are vexed by cops as thick as planks, and her married son wants to move home (with his boys). As Judith’s own curiosity and tenacious nature kick into gear and she is bound and determined to find some answers!

The Bed & Breakfast series is a cozy as it comes, and is perfect reading for the beach, but if you don’t get to it right away, it will be excellent curled up in a window seat with a cup of hot tea and a lapful of cat.

Originally posted in Crimespree Magazine #2, August/September 2004.

Kat - RAM - Wisconsin

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