I figured I'd read something a bit lighter, since most of what I've been reading recently is heavy/serious. This was on sale for Nook, and I liked the title, plus it's been a while since I read a cozy mystery.I hadn't read anything from this series before. I guess the premise is that the older la...
I found the plot of All The Pretty Hearses interesting, though a bit confusing to follow. More than one character assumes a false identity and the large cast of characters moving in and out of Judith's B&B made it hard to remember who's who at times. An enjoyable read, one that makes me once agai...
An electrocution, a stabbing, and a unwell citizen escapes from RestHaven, Alpine's mental hospital. That is the premise of THE ALPINE XANADU.But much of the story revolves around the usual flippant characters, Vida, House & Home Editor at The Advocate (town's newspaper); Sheriff Milo Dodge; repo...
She, Judith, is on a train in this one. Still getting along in her years, and body count. Heh. By the way - for a note; I'm dating these things about one before the other. Gads. Now I sound like Arlene, Judiths' neighbor. I mean that I finished the last book about the time I registered for finish...
I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads. This was the first book in the series I have read. It reminded me of the Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum series. The characters and the humor made the book enjoyable. Probably, if I had read some of the previous books I would have bett...
I thought I should vary my reading from my usual romance, so I picked up a few Mary Daheim mysteries when I was last at the library. It was fine from a technical way, but it didn't engage me at all.I suppose it would be called a 'cozy mystery' since the mystery solvers aren't professionals. All t...
If I hear once more about Judith's hip replacement I think I'll shriek! The surgeons should be talking to MS Daheim about her portrayal of the results of their work. Her weakness and pain is not the way I hear it and my Mother, at about the same age, had a replacement after several years of extre...
I liked this one best of all so far. I think Judith should hand off the reins to the B&B to someone else and trot the globe solving mysteries. She is much more fun when NOT at home!Aside from some weird typos and a few dreaded uses of the word "repose" early on, this book was good. Twists and tur...
Rating: 2.5Maybe I need to read a different book before reading book 12. I still like this series but do some scan reading and, like I said, read it more to follow the characters than to find out about the mysteries. I think that is reflected in the score. Is the mystery getting in the way a bit?...
The mystery has center stage for this book, which takes place in Scotland, at a Castle that has been somewhat turned into a Bed and Breakfast. I have to say that I didn't quite see how the setup was all that believable. One family owns the castle, the previous owners work for him, there's a compa...
I like the easy style of Mary Daheim's writing in the Emma Lord series. Emma is spry for her age and stays busy running the local paper. That affords her a lot of opportunity to get involved in murders and other misdeeds of the small town.The one thing that bothered me about the book was the en...