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Kristi Abbott

Autor de Kernel Of Truth

3 Obras 144 Miembros 10 Reseñas

Series

Obras de Kristi Abbott

Kernel Of Truth (2016) 70 copias
Pop Goes The Murder (2017) 43 copias

Etiquetado

Conocimiento común

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Snappy come-backs and unspoken thoughts are amusing; relationships are solid. Guilty party appears guilty all along except the motive and expectation of results of murdering someone is hard to fathom. Learned what a daube is ... It's always good to pause and look up what people are talking about.
 
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UPMarta | Oct 14, 2022 |
delightful cozy, the first of a series that I hope to enjoy more of.
 
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ffortsa | 8 reseñas más. | Jul 21, 2020 |
When Rebecca is making caramel topping one morning, she hears someone screaming and runs next door to find her friend Coco's niece Jessica. When Rebecca investigates further, she sees that Coco is dead. Now Rebecca wants to find who killed her friend, and why. But doing so could put her in more danger than she realizes...

I really wanted to like this book, I really did. It had a different premise and I liked that. The first sentence should have been a precursor to the rest of the book. But it wasn't. I just didn't think much after that was believable.

First, this is a cozy mystery, and this woman swears like a sailor. I know it doesn't bother some people, but I really don't care for cozies where the protagonist is throwing out cuss words like yesterday's trash. Personal opinion, people.

I also didn't understand a popcorn shop that was open for breakfast. Who buys popcorn for breakfast? What popcorn shop sells coffee? They sell specialized popcorn and sodas. That's pretty much it. And if I found one that did sell coffee, I sure wouldn't eat there. A substantial breakfast is so much better for you than a sweet popcorn bar. I really can't imagine - unless there's no diners in this town - that it would be as popular as indicated. Popcorn shops are specialized shops, not restaurants. Then, have you ever eaten a popcorn ball? They're nasty, sticky things and you're picking popcorn out of your teeth constantly. I would have believed it if she sold specialized cones, tins, or bags of popcorn instead - because that's what popcorn shops sell.

Then, when the rumor started that she killed Coco, this town was awfully quick to believe it. I would hope that if it came down to it, they'd try her in another city, because she sure couldn't get a fair shake here. What happened to innocent until proven guilty? I guess if she hadn't done stupid things, it might have been easier on her, but since I didn't like her anyway - she was snarky and nasty - it really didn't matter. Her husband probably didn't pay any attention to her because of the snark. Who wants to spend time around someone like that? I sure don't.

But the last was the animal cruelty. I don't believe in it, and I certainly don't believe it's necessary in a cozy. It wasn't necessary here. There are several other ways that the scene could have been handled without the animal cruelty. I will never read a book by an author who does this without a very good reason - and there wasn't one here.

In the end, we already knew who killed Coco practically from the beginning, and throughout the book it was proven time and again, so no surprise there. Unfortunately, there just wasn't a lot for me to recommend this book. I won't be reading this author again. Sorry.
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joannefm2 | 8 reseñas más. | Sep 17, 2019 |
I adore the dog, Sprocket...he is a hoot. The heroine is interesting and her problems with her town is a new twist. It looks like I have a new series to follow. I can practically smell the carmel and popcorn and fudge
 
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Karen74Leigh | 8 reseñas más. | Sep 4, 2019 |

Estadísticas

Obras
3
Miembros
144
Popularidad
#143,281
Valoración
½ 3.6
Reseñas
10
ISBNs
6

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