Deanna Devlin Cozy Mystery Bundle
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Rating | : | 4.33 (879 Votes) |
Asin | : | B0175QY2F0 |
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Number of Pages | : | 371 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2014-05-20 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
There are no shortage of suspects in the case, including a tarot-card loving mistress, a jaded wife, a sleazy land developer, and a sassy mother-in-law. With the clock ticking, Deanna scrambles to uncover the truth before it's too late.. Unfortunately, her next assignment hits a little too close to home when one of her friends is accused of murdering a local book store owner. Deanna knows her friend couldn't have committed the crime, but the only way to prove it to the police is to find the real killer herself. Pick up the entire Deanna Devlin cozy mystery series right now for just 99 cents! Or, get it Free with the Kindle Unlimited Program.Newspaper reporter Deanna Devlin finally gets a promotion from writing puff pieces to covering more serious stories
Fun new series This is a 2-book set with all (as of now) the books in the Deanna Devlin series. A Prescription to Die For is the first. A Novel to Die For is the second.With both books, the writing is simple and easy to read and they are fun mysteries with interesting twists. In both books, the beginning sets up the conflict, the possible motive(s), and the character(s) who may be guilty. Both times it is also a good friend of Deanna's t. "Love 'em!!" according to Donna Flynn. I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.A Prescription to die forThis book is about a small town reporter, Deanna, who is tired of writing fluff pieces. She tries to get better assignments from her boss to no avail. Discouraged, she leaves and goes to her best friend's engagement party. The party is not off to a good start and people are arguing left and right. The next day, the groom's father is found d. "Not believable. Solving the cases like this?" according to Jen Antoniou. Well, it sounds a bit like the stories were written as ideas that were not fine tuned and then close to zero effort made to find a plausible way to wrap up. I've read the first two as I'm researching cozies, and I'm not impressed. Amateur writing and the killer just spills it when confronted and threatens to kill the main character? It's a sudden "I know who did it" and poof, she's right? So unrealistic and it's as if ther