If Haley Randolph was taking a survey on her life right now she would most definitely check the box marked FABULOUS! What was not to love? She had just spent the time of her life in Europe with her all too wonderful boyfriend Ty Cameron, who just happens to own the Department store where Haley works. And as if life just wasn’t delicious enough, Ty’s grandmother Ada has handed the keys of her Mercedes to drive….
the icing on the cake would be to get her well manicured hands on one of the seasons “must have” hand bags!
All things come crashing in around Haley when she finds the body of her nemesis, Tiffany Markham in the trunk of the all too beautiful Mercedes, and to rain a little more on Hailey’s parade, due to a recent encounter with Tiffany, Hailey tops the suspect list. Her only choice is to try to find Tiffany’s killer before death becomes her fashion faux pas!
When I first heard of this book and the description I immediately thought of Stephanie Plum from the Janet Evanovich books. There was a time, many years ago where I admit, Stephanie and I made the rounds as I started with One For The Money and made my way all the way through book twelve of the series before I let this series go. In many ways, Haley reminded me of Stephanie and that over the top ditsyness sometimes is a little too sweet for my tooth.
However- the book also reminded me of a quick cozy mystery which occasionally…. goofiness and all…. I do crave. (Darn sweet tooth!) While I did laugh at the sheer goofy happenings at times in the book, I think I would have enjoyed it more in the summer on the deck with my sun glasses on and a very large iced tea close at hand.
I discovered as I was reading that this book is actually #3 in the Haley Randolph mysteries, but never fear – I did not feel I needed the previous two books to follow what was happening.
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Cover Story: It’s cute and eye-catching. It reminds me of cotton candy.
I received this book for review from FSB Associates
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This sounds so cute!
It was light and funny Kathy 😀
Sounds like you enjoyed this one more than me….I just didn’t like the character at all and felt she was shallow beyond words 😀
Staci it is a book that I know takes a certain mood for me… I cant be looking for anything more in the read than a light laugh. 😀
I’m thinking that I might find this character annoying, but I might just have to explore it anyway…if I’m on a beach!
Thanks for sharing.
Super light read Laurel, definitely beachy 🙂
I have this one on my Wishlist, it does sound delightful even though I don’t usually read light.
I keep wondering if I have to read the 1st to enjoy, some say yes and others no, we will see. 🙂
I have heard no Marce, but maybe it would make a difference in knowing the main character better. 🙂
I read all three books and the only reason being that I like to complete a series when I start it. I only liked the first somehow….but as you said , you really do not need to read the first two to comprehend the third one.The cover was kind of interesting of the others as well thats why I had picked them up. The main character was really a pain for me to undergo in three books but…..IF I GET A BOOK – I READ THE BOOK !
Good review but I guess you do not care for it all that much. How is the sweet tooth getting along ? And I see the bookies are doing Glenn Beck, how is it going ?
Hi Fiza 😀 You guessed tight, it was an ok read for me…. but didn’t have anything holding me to the book.
Bookies are reading Glenn Beck, thank you for noticing! I have not started it yet, I will probably save it for the plane ride – I will need reading material then 😀
It definitely looks like cotton candy! 😀
That it does Hannah! 😀
Sounds like fun! I’ve never read the Stephanie Plum books, but I’ve always thought they looked like good reads and they’ve been on my list forever. Guess I should add this one too!
K M I liked the Stephanie Plums in the beginning but after so many books I got tired of the silliness…. I do however have girls in my book club that wait for each new book to come out.
I just love this fun cover 🙂
It is a great cover Juju, that will draw attention to readers. 🙂