beauty secrets are more dangerous than others
When Beauty Box beautician Tammy Smith is discovered with a pair of hair shears in her back, there are suspects and secrets aplenty in her small Southern town.
Octogenarian Myrtle Clover, bored by bingo and bridge, is intrigued by the crime, . . and her neighbors' secrets. But discovering, and blabbing, secrets got Tammy killed and Myrtle soon learns her sleuthing isn't just dangerous.
. . it's deadly. Easy to read, fun amp silly I enjoyed it, The editing was terrible, which is irritating missing and misspelled words just should not happen, Sprightly octogenarian, Myrtle Clover, is engaged in finding a murderer, Even though her son Red, the Police Chief won't share details of the crime, Myrtle forges ahead with her investigation.
A cozy mystery to enjoy! More a,took me a bit to get into the authors writing style, but once I did, this was a fun cozy Prescindible novela que me ha recordado demasiado a Miss Marple.
enjoyed this cute book
I call it cute even tho it was a murder mystery because of the way it was written.
The author surely has a cute sense of humor mixing the whole story up so no one would guess.
Truly good writing. Hope you all enjoy like I did Another lighthearted, fun read in this series, Great characters, nice puzzle. Very enjoyable read. A fun cozy mysterythough I like her quilting series better, Myrtle Clover is a scream, this book is masterly written and cleverly plotted, I read it in one day, could not put it down, It's good to read an entertaining mystery with witty banter, Good Read
Good plot and good/funny characters, Enjoy all of Myrtle's literary quotes, Would recommend to anyone who wants a light,fun read,
A cosy mystery of the very best kind, and extremely funny in places,
What I love most is the fact that Myrtle Clover is a terrible pain in the butt without really knowing it herself.
A great story spoilt by poor formatting,
I enjoyed this undemanding, easytoread cosy very much, Great characters and a good pageturner, So it isn't great literature and not always realistic, but it doesn't set out to be so to criticise on those grounds indicates readers didn't bother to read the blub and opening first!
What irritated me was the formatting.
A line space between every paragraph I might of coped with, but, because of this, there were no obvious scene breaks.
Having to go to the very end of long chapters when reading in bed and your eyelids are dropping and concentration waning really difficult! And just to be picky, there were far too many missing spaces between words and sentences.
Not good for a socalled professionally copyedited novel, Fun and silly romp. Light reading
This book was entertaining for a snowy Saturday read I really enjoyed it, couldnt put it down.
Looking forward to the next book I heart Myrtle Fun, but Formulaic
This series has a distinct formula, but Myrtle is so much fun.
I think she should know better, but I can see people I know in her, I love that she is so strong willed and sharp at her age, The literary references are fun to find too,
I look forward to continuing this series to see what Myrtle gets into next.
I really adore this series Myrtle makes everything light and fun, She is great to read when I have heavy books going on because I know that I will laugh and laugh and laugh.
These are pretty easy mysteries as far as solving goes I knew pretty early on who the killer was and was pretty sure of the why, but it doesn't detract from the story or the hilarity of Myrtle and Miles and their sleuthing albeit, reluctantly on Miles' part.
So much fun!!! This is a great story, The protagonist, Myrtle, was a little old lady that never stopped living life on her own terms.
And I liked that. Even though the police force, which included Myrtle's son, became exasperated sometimes, they listened to her and in the end discovered she was right.
The setting had the familiar touches of any small town, The plot was a real puzzle which I couldn't figure out until the end when the murderer was revealed.
I will read the next book in this series, I loved this book. So glad I discovered this fun series, I have also recommend it to my mum, as I enjoyed it that much.
I just love the characters and the fun with the painting just tickled me, I had
worked out who the killer was but I had so much fun with the characters getting there that it didn't matter and I didn't want the book to end.
I can easily see it being made into a tv series and with humour, mystery and plenty of suspects I think it would be a big hit with any generation.
Off to start the next book, which is unusual for me because I like to break up audio book listening with different series so I don't get the stories confused but Myrtle and her friends have me hooked.
Myrtle Clover is board with life, which is why she is looking forward to her next hair appointment when she hears that there might be some juicy gossip to be found at the Beauty Box.
Tammy,everybody's favourite hairdresser has started drinking and it is more than wine she is spilling and like a priest or a bartender, a hairdresser knows everybody'ssecrets.
Tammy is not only spilling secrets but she has also turned mean, But mean enough for someone to stab her in the back with scissors and then push her down some stairs With every one in the beauty parlour annoyed with her, Myrtle and her poor suffering sidekick Miles have there work cut out for them to narrow the list of suspects down.
Not to mention a painting by the daughter In law to find a home for, Then another body is discovered and the heat is really turned up,
I liked the narrator and thought her voices sounded just right with a mix of elderly and the young.
I feel kind of bad rating this book the same as the last book I read, Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan, since Sweet Tooth was obviously a much more wellwritten book.
However, my policy is to rate based on the genre and purpose of any given book, so I'm not actually saying that the two are comparable.
This book is a cozy mystery and a very easy read, I enjoyed the story line beauty salon owner in a small town is stabbed in the back.
Cue the bored old woman protagonist, Myrtle, whose son is the police chief and yet who feels compelled to investigate with her slightly younger sidekick neighbor Miles.
I found Myrtle to be a tad annoying, She has a toddler grandson, for example, but doesn't really want to spend any time with him she'd rather be off doing something more "exciting.
" This rubbed me the wrong way, I know the author was trying to make her a spunky old gal, but she came across as unlikable to me.
The revelation of whodunit was a bit meh, No real shocker there. And the "deductions" that Myrtle made to get there weren't too logical at all, Still, it was a fine, untaxing way to spend a couple of hours, This is the first reading this author and third in the series, The main character is Myrtle, the mother of Red, the chief of police, The local hairdresser has taken to drinking is claims she has the goods on everyone and maybe it's time to tell on them.
That night she is murdered and Myrtle thesome years young Miss Marple sets out to crack the case.
I loved Myrtle. I am looking forward to reading more of her adventures, Elizabeth is the bestselling cozy mystery author of the Southern Quilting mysteries, the Myrtle Clover Cozy Mysteries, the Village Library Mysteries, and Memphis Barbeque mysteries for Penguin Random House, Midnight Ink, and independently.
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