Helpful Score: 2
Stirring up trouble
Vintage kitchenware and cookbook collector Jaymie Leighton and her high school friend Kathy Cooper have been at odds for years but Jaymie has no idea why. She decides it is time to find out what she did that makes Kathy hate her so much. She needs to confront her so they can put whatever happened behind them.
But when she finds Kathy dead after the 4th of July fireworks along with her Depression era glass bowl she realizes there will not be any reconciliation. With her fingerprints all over the bowl and their rocky past she is not surprised to be the prime suspect of her murder.
Did the killer frame her on purpose? If so, she is ready to mix it up, because solving crimes is vintage Jaymie Leighton
Dollycass Thoughts
I was Bowled Over by this marvelous mystery. This story had so many twists I almost got whiplash. So many secrets, so many suspects. I Loved It!
Jaymie has a huge heart and that always leads her right in the center of trouble. She needs to clear her name. With her many odd jobs she comes into contact with almost everyone in town. She has Valetta for backup, who knows the skinny on just about everyone in the area. Even Anna has info to help Jaymie find the killer. Jaymie just has to put all the clues together.
Theres also a bit of romance in this story but unfortunately Jaymies romantic path is a bit cloudy. Her sister Beccas path is pretty clear yet again. Jaymie has given herself a six month deadline to decide how she feels about the men in her life. The next book should be very interesting!
Victoria Hamilton has dished up another fun and entertaining winner!
Freezer Ill Shoot (A Vintage Kitchen Mystery) will be released November 5th and I want it today!!!
Vintage kitchenware and cookbook collector Jaymie Leighton and her high school friend Kathy Cooper have been at odds for years but Jaymie has no idea why. She decides it is time to find out what she did that makes Kathy hate her so much. She needs to confront her so they can put whatever happened behind them.
But when she finds Kathy dead after the 4th of July fireworks along with her Depression era glass bowl she realizes there will not be any reconciliation. With her fingerprints all over the bowl and their rocky past she is not surprised to be the prime suspect of her murder.
Did the killer frame her on purpose? If so, she is ready to mix it up, because solving crimes is vintage Jaymie Leighton
Dollycass Thoughts
I was Bowled Over by this marvelous mystery. This story had so many twists I almost got whiplash. So many secrets, so many suspects. I Loved It!
Jaymie has a huge heart and that always leads her right in the center of trouble. She needs to clear her name. With her many odd jobs she comes into contact with almost everyone in town. She has Valetta for backup, who knows the skinny on just about everyone in the area. Even Anna has info to help Jaymie find the killer. Jaymie just has to put all the clues together.
Theres also a bit of romance in this story but unfortunately Jaymies romantic path is a bit cloudy. Her sister Beccas path is pretty clear yet again. Jaymie has given herself a six month deadline to decide how she feels about the men in her life. The next book should be very interesting!
Victoria Hamilton has dished up another fun and entertaining winner!
Freezer Ill Shoot (A Vintage Kitchen Mystery) will be released November 5th and I want it today!!!
Helpful Score: 1
I appreciate it when authors create characters who evolve throughout a series of books, but they don't always grow in the directions I would prefer. This is what's happening in Victoria Hamilton's Vintage Kitchen mysteries. I enjoyed Jaymie Leighton in the first book, A Deadly Grind, but not so much in this one. For one thing, there's very little to do with vintage kitchenalia in this second outing, and although there's a bit more about the second cookbook she's putting together, there's not enough of that either. It's a natural outcome of all the part-time jobs she's accumulated in between books, but I still missed my collectibles fix.
Most of the book has to do with Jaymie's high school feud with best friend Kathy Cooper. Kathy has always refused to tell her what caused the blowup, and in Bowled Over, Jaymie spends way too much time trying to worm information out of others-- and making matters worse. Her actions show her to be naive and a little bit strait-laced. If she's nice to someone, she expects to be liked, and she can't leave it alone if that's not what happens. She's thrown for a loop if someone she's met proves not to meet her perceptions or her expectations. More than once while I was reading, I wanted to tell Jaymie to grow up.
With all this grumping, you might think that I didn't like the book. Surprise-- I did because the mystery was so good. All in all, I'm undecided about continuing to read Jaymie's further adventures, but don't let me stop you from reading either book in this series. Bowled Over touches on a period of my life that I did not like and seldom think about anymore. I can almost guarantee that your mileage in high school-- and your enjoyment of this book-- will vary greatly!
Most of the book has to do with Jaymie's high school feud with best friend Kathy Cooper. Kathy has always refused to tell her what caused the blowup, and in Bowled Over, Jaymie spends way too much time trying to worm information out of others-- and making matters worse. Her actions show her to be naive and a little bit strait-laced. If she's nice to someone, she expects to be liked, and she can't leave it alone if that's not what happens. She's thrown for a loop if someone she's met proves not to meet her perceptions or her expectations. More than once while I was reading, I wanted to tell Jaymie to grow up.
With all this grumping, you might think that I didn't like the book. Surprise-- I did because the mystery was so good. All in all, I'm undecided about continuing to read Jaymie's further adventures, but don't let me stop you from reading either book in this series. Bowled Over touches on a period of my life that I did not like and seldom think about anymore. I can almost guarantee that your mileage in high school-- and your enjoyment of this book-- will vary greatly!
