Quick read.

Nice mystery, liked how it unfolded. Have not read the first few of the series and I did not feel lost jumping into the middle. ( )

Daisy McDare was trying to build a career as an interior decorator but finding bodies and figuring out the killer despite the abominable record of the town’s detective Crumple was taking up a lot of her time.
She finally got a chance to prove her ability in a new housing development outside of Cozy Creek. When she got to the office for Majestic Estates, she quickly realized the homes, only one of which was built, were nowhere near majestic. She immediately saw the owner, Scott Stinson, having an argument with his contractor, Patrick Potter, a long-time friend of Daisy’s family. Stinson was firing Potter because Potter was trying to get better wages and conditions for the workers. The argument ended with Potter threatening Stinson.
Daisy viewed a few more loud arguments between Stinson and others in the office, including family members, before he met with her. She was expected to decorate a newly built home within a few days to show it to prospective buyers.
When Daisy showed up the next morning, the police were all over the area. Stinson had been strangled the night before.
There were a lot of potential perpetrators, each of whom said they hadn’t done it but had no one say they were with the person at the time of the murder. Some were obviously lying about their whereabouts. Crowley quickly decided that Patrick was the killer because “his fingerprints were found on the rope used to strangle Stinson.”
Daisy was certain Patrick was innocent: He looked her in the eye when he told her he hadn’t done it.
Daisy proceeded to interview each of the potential killers. Her technique was accusing them and seeing how they responded.
The story started with the beginning romance between Daisy and Gavin Watson. It remained on a slow simmer.
There could have been a decent story here but KM Morgan went for a surface skim. One paragraph showed promise: “Money sure had a way of putting people into weird positions. Wanting to get paid a fair wage put Patrick on the unemployment line. Wanting to be able to pay her bills put Daisy in the awkward middle ground between Patrick and Scott Stinson. And wanting to keep a vice grip on every penny put Scott in the unenviable place of looking like a villain.”
There were no memorable descriptions of the town itself or even the reasons why the house was so bad or what furnishings she bought. There was no explanation of the family relationships. Situations were unrealistic: How could a house be completely furnished in just a few days? Why didn’t Daisy get a written contract? How would fingerprints be present on a rope and, since Patrick was the contractor, wouldn’t it be more suspicious if they were absent?
I am a chocaholic. After reading this book which includes Daisy carrying chocolate cupcakes in her purse and eating chocolate at least once in every chapter, I don’t think I want to eat any more for awhile.
THE DEADLY REAL ESTATE AFFAIR was a fast read but those were a couple hours of my life I will never get back. ( )

I love reading about Daisy & her sleuthing instead of her real job of interior decorating. Daisy is such a fun character & I have enjoying learning more about her & following her. I also love the fact that she loves to eat, sweets especially, and how many of her thoughts (besides detective work) have to do with chocolate! Every woman's love! I have enjoyed all the quick easy to ready Daisy cozy mysteries! They are fun, exciting, page turners that I can't seems to put down in my free time! I hope this series continues as I would love to hear more about the budding relationship between Daisy & Gavin! ( )

I love reading about Daisy & her sleuthing instead of her real job of interior decorating. Daisy is such a fun character & I have enjoying learning more about her & following her. I also love the fact that she loves to eat, sweets especially, and how many of her thoughts (besides detective work) have to do with chocolate! Every woman's love! I have enjoyed all the quick easy to ready Daisy cozy mysteries! They are fun, exciting, page turners that I can't seems to put down in my free time! I hope this series continues as I would love to hear more about the budding relationship between Daisy & Gavin! ( )

A cozy mystery set on the Pacific Coast with characters coming from Kamloops, British Columbia. The sleuth in this case is Daisy McDare, interior decorator and sleuth when her friends become suspects.

I see the target audience for this series is pre-teen or early teen readers just getting a taste of mystery in a slightly chick-lit manner.

For the mystery reader there are no clues to follow. It is not a series I will follow as I could only read a few pages at a time and had to take a break. I kept reading only to complete a challenge. ( )