Pamela GrandstaffReseñas

This is the first in a series of mysteries about the town of Rose Hill. It is a college town nestled in the foothills of West Virginia. Scott Gordon is the chief of Police, and he likes how things are at work and in his small town...on the slow side. So when the town bully is murdered at the Vet's office, Scott is stumped. He's never thought of himself as a detective, nor does he have the manpower or the necessary connections to solve this or any other murder, so he ends up calling in Sarah from the sheriff's office to help him solve this crime. The plot was interesting even if it was somewhat predicable. The two main characters, Scott and Sarah were believable as well as likeable but there were just way too many sub-plots going on. Maybe because it's the first book in a LONG line of the Rose Hill series of books, 14 to date. I hope the characters in the future books receive some extra "meat" on their bones along the way and also that the crimes become a bit more complicated and harder for the reader to solve. I knew "who-done it" before the halfway mark of the story. I chose this book for the reason that I choose many of the books that I wouldn't normally read... for a challenge category for one of my groups. I intend to try another in the series to give them a fair chance.

Blythe Buffington returns home as her mother worsens and dies. Her daughter is there also with all kind of attitude. Her second husband has been cheating on her. Emma, a hometown friend, helps her with the funeral. Blythe and she have a falling out. At the funeral, Blythe finds out she is broke thanks to her husband's poor investing. She inherits her mother's estate but does not get to enjoy it as she is murdered. Who did it? Why?

I enjoyed this story. The towns of Cozy Mountain and Sweetbriar are filled with quirky people. I liked them. I liked Emma as she tries to discover who murdered Blythe. She also tries to figure other things that are happening at Blythe's house. I loved her friend Georgie. He is a hoot! I did figure out who murdered Blythe although not the reason. I also figured out a few other things happening in and around Blythe's house. But again, not the reason.

I look forward to reading the rest of the series.

The small town of Rose Hill has a killer in its midst. Theo Eldridge is found dead at the town's veterinary clinic.The police chief, Scott Gordon, and the county investigator Sarah Albright are 'helped by his friends Maggie Fitzpatrick and Hannah to find the killer before they strike again.

Margie Estep is a vicious gossip and seems to have access to the town's secrets. So when she disappears nobody is cncerned, hoping that she has finally left. But things are not that simple.
A good mix of mystery and romance makes this an easily read story with quite a range of characters.

Rose Hill, not the pleasant place everybody thinks especially when another body is found, and the link to drugs. Made more complicated when the FBI get involved. The story of how it seems everybodys' lives are affected.
A well-written story with its wide range of characters and a decent mystery.

Claire Fitzpatrick returns to Rose Hill after working for the actress from hell to visit her family. At the same time a dead body is discovered and it is someone she knows. With Police Chief Scott Gordon occupied with his dying mother, who will Claire rely on to prove her innocence.
Ths book is less about the mystery and more about the characters in small towns and how they all help each other. Still an enjoyable read.

An old man is found by fifteen-year-old Grace Branduff dying on her family home's front porch but she doesn't understand what he is saying. But how will an investigation to trace his family impact on Grace and her family.
An enjoyable well-written cozy mystery, more of a character driven story.

Why would anyone want old, ill Mamie Rodefeffer dead. Claire Fitzpatrick having recently returned home and now without a permanent job is curious. A continuation of the Rose Hill series, with its romance and mystery. Overall a enjoyable well-written cozy mystery

Claire Fitzpatrick has only been home at Rose Hill for a couple of months and now she has found another body. It also seems her love life is getting complicated, but what does she really want to do with her life. Mayoral candidate Kay Templeton's love life is also improving.
An enjoyable romance mystery.

The Fitzpatrick cousins are back at Rose Hill, after Maggie and Scott's honeymoon, and doing what they like best - solving crimes . So can they find the guilty party.
An enjoyable cozy well-written mystery

It's scrabble night at Alan Richmond's place but his three friends are unable to get him to answer the door. It's up to Claire Fitzpatrick to get a key from his landlady and discover his body. But why would anyone want him dead. With the help of her two cousins and the Sheriff they investigate.
Another enjoyable cozy mystery in this series

I'm back to giving this series 3 stars. There are so many people and so much going on; it is definitely overload on characters. What I do like about this series is that all the titles from book 2 forward are names of flowers.
This book is jut a continuation of the first two. I just can not get excited about this series

I gave the previous book 3, but I am giving this book 4 stars. I still wish these books had a list of characters with relationships in the front of each story. This book actually helped me understand the first book better as it explained what, why, how exactly happened.
This is a continuation of the first book. Margie, the ex-postmistress, has riled up nearly the entire town. She has stolen mail for years and knows the *dirt* on many people. Blackmailing is now on her agenda;however, she doesn't get far because Margie has angered one too many people and is found dead. Scott now has the job of finding which townsperson killed the unloved Margie.

This book had lots of potential; however, there are so many characters and not enough time to fully develop. One gets a sense of each character, but I was left in limbo with some of them.
Scott is the sheriff of tiny Rose Hill. The town drunk and trouble maker is found murdered in the new Vet's office. Sarah, county sheriff, takes over the case. She is in hot pursuit of Scott who could care less about her. Before the murderer is found, we are introduced to whole cast of suspects.
I gave this a 3, but wish I could have given it 3.5. It's better than a 3, but quite a 4.

There are currently nine titles in this series, each one named for a street in the town of Rose Hill, streets named after flowers. Rose Hill is situated in southern US, population 500, plus tourists and the students at Eldridge College. The College is named for the wealthy Eldridge family. Another wealthy family are the Rodefeffers. Further down the social scale are the Irish Fitzgeralds and their relatives and friends, who are among the main characters in this interesting series.
The books revolve around the everyday life of the town and the people who run the bakery, the bookstore, the service station, fire station, police station, funeral parlour, city offices, the pub, and the churches. Everyone knows everyone else and their business. They are supportive and helpful of their family members and neighbours in good southern tradition. Among the everyday life there are mysteries and murder, fraud and skulduggery, love and relationships.
I read the first seven titles but had to give up when the eight involved a sociopath. I don't read sociopaths, psychopaths or serial killers. Book nine started out interestingly until the issues with feral young Sammy raised its head again.
The thing is, the author has created an interesting array of characters, well drawn and interesting. You want to spend time with them, find out what's happening next in their lives. I mean, I read those seven titles in less than a week. But the author also uses her books to expound her ideas and attitudes to life and the way people should live, none of which I particularly disagreed with, but which often turned into sermons in the mouths of her characters. I tended to skip at times. Young Sammy seems to be her sermon on child raising - namely, let a child run free without boundaries and you're raising a problem. Not wrong, but a little goes a long way.
So seven out of the nine is my limit. But I did enjoy those seven.

Interesting murder mystery. It seems everyone in town has a reason to kill the town bully, Theo Eldridge but who was it that finally broke and did kill him? I liked these characters. The mystery was good and just when I thought I had the killer another possibility was thrown in my path. This sets up the series. I want to meet these people again and see how they deal with each other. They are friends or relatives and sometimes both. I particularly liked Maggie, Scott, and Hannah.

I was lucky enough to receive a copy of this book from librarything member giveaways. I couldn’t wait to start reading. It has murder, mystery, humor, romance and drama all rolled into one.

Theo Eldridge is not liked at all in his hometown of Rose Hill. Even his family members don’t like him. When he is found dead, everyone becomes a suspect. Police chief, Scott Gordon, is determined to solve the case before Sarah Albright, County sheriff investigator, beats him to it. In the meantime Scott believes Maggie Fitzpatrick, bookstore owner, is the woman for him although Maggie constantly sees Sarah with Scott and figures Scott prefers Sarah over him. There are a few people you suspect in the beginning, but that will change as more lively, colorful, interesting characters are introduced. In Rose Hill everybody knows everybody and their business in this small town.

Pamela Grandstaff is a writer who I want to tell everyone about. Look out for her, she could be on the best seller list.

Rose Hill is the scene of the crime. It's your average, small town gossip haven. Theo, the town bully and the town drunk, has been found dead. None of this small town's population are saddened. Actually it's quite the opposite. It seems everyone has had words with Theo at one point or another. Most people in the town believe that they are better off without Theo around. This makes police chief, Scott Gordon's, job very difficult.

Maggie Fitzpatrick, a fiery redhead with attitude, owns the local bookstore and Scott's heart. Maggie and her best friend Hannah, go looking for clues on their own and uncover a secret so big that it incriminates almost the entire town.

I really enjoyed this book. Pamela is so good with her descriptions that I feel like I was actually a part of Rose Hill. I'm a sucker for a good mystery and I'd rate Pamela up there with Mary Higgins Clark.

Theo Eldridge was a bully and very much hated in Rose Hill, so it isn’t a surprise when someone finally murders him. The only real question is who the killer is and police chief Scott Gordon has plenty of suspects who all have reasons to want Theo dead, including his own family. A potential eyewitness to the murder is missing and Scott would love to find him. Scott works reluctantly with Sarah Albright from the county sheriff’s office while trying to avoid her passes and trying to convince Maggie Fitzpatrick to enter into a relationship with him. Rose Hill may be a small town, but life there is complicated.

Often when reading a book, it will take me to a place that’s fun to visit, but I don’t miss it when I’m done. Other times, I’ll visit a place that I miss long after I’ve finished reading the book. “Rose Hill”, I’m happy to say, is the latter. I loved my visit to Rose Hill and was sorry to see it end. The book is full of interesting characters – Maggie, Scott, Sarah, Sam, Hannah, and many more – all of whom are multi-layered characters with secrets all keep buried, sometimes even from themselves. Rose Hill is a small town and author Pamela Grandstaff does a great job of making Rose Hill come alive and capturing small town life. Scott is one of the best developed characters I’ve come across in a mystery novel. He doesn’t gossip and consequently misses a lot of what goes on around town. He is weak and easily manipulated, especially by his mother, and he knows it. He and Maggie are an interesting couple and I want to know what happens to them next and more abut what happened to Maggie in the past that makes her so reluctant to commit to a relationship. The mystery elements are well done and readers will enjoy trying to figure out who killed Theo, but it is the characters that drive this novel and make it work so well.

I loved my visit to “Rose Hill” and hope to visit it again. Well done.

This book was pretty good. There is a lot of strong characters in the book & it had the old town close-knit community. It was suspenseful and had a really good plot to it. It keeps you on the edge of your seat.

This is a very good book. The writing is clean and easy to read. Grandstaff's characterization is wonderful, with her characters coming to life and developing into people that I would love to know. The romantic tension between the two main characters, Maggie and Scott, is sustained throughout the book and leaves the reader begging for the second book in the series. Grandstaff created an entire town of eccentric characters that I can't wait to visit again and again.½