Book Review: Crushing Crystal

Reviewed By: Dawn Dowdle

Crushing Crystal     Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC
Evan Marshall
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Cozy   Cats
Series: Jane Stuart # 6
Kensington, Hardback, 11/04, 256 pages, $22

Jane is happy to see her nanny’s sister, Crystal Ryerson, moving out. In the two weeks she’s been assistant director at the public library, she has meddled into everyone’s business. She is definitely not popular. Plus she has also meddled in other people’s lives due to gossip she has heard. Nothing good comes from her meddling.

Jane’s reading group meeting at the library has to stop their meeting with library shelves and books come crashing down on Crystal. Jane’s boyfriend, Detective Stanley Greenberg, discovers that the bolts holding the bookshelf up had been deliberately removed. Everyone at the library becomes a suspect, especially those who had gone into the back room before the shelf came crashing down.

Many of the people Crystal had meddled in their lives were at the library at that time. So not only do they have means, they have motive. Then things become more confused when a beautiful teenager who worked at the library is found dead in the woods. Next two more girls go missing. Jane is no longer positive that the meddling had anything to do with Crystal’s death.

Jane is a literary agent. She has many interesting clients, including Goddess—a pop star who had written a book (with the help of a ghost writer). Goddess ends up asking Jane for a favor. After Jane says yes, she begins to regret it.

Plus Jane can’t resist trying to figure out who murdered Crystal, especially since she promised her nanny she would. Can she discover the murderer’s identity and keep herself out of harms way?

This book was very good. I really enjoyed it. Jane is such a likeable character. I love her interaction with her many clients. It really adds to each story.

I can’t wait to read the next book in this series! I highly recommend this book.

Dawn Dowdle

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