Helpful Score: 7
Usually I'm fanatic about reading books in their proper order, but I was stuck in a hospital waiting room a couple weeks ago without anything to read. The gift shop had a used book cart, 3 paperbacks for $1, so I picked out three, and #10 in this mystery series (Died in the Wool) was one of them. I started reading and was immediately into the story, the characters, the town. Along with characters I really enjoyed, the mystery involved solving murders from the past, which is probably my favorite plot.
When I got home, I discovered #1 in the series, Family Skeletons, waiting patiently in my TBR mountain, so I moved it to the peak and read it next. It also was very enjoyable, and since the heroine, Victory (Torie) is a geneaologist, and agrees to do a family tree for a woman who owns an antique store in town, and who is murdered 2 days later, this one also involves a murder mystery from the past.
I read a lot of mysteries, and mostly I read series with female sleuths. Usually my preference is for single sleuths; because some of the minor plot lines in series with detectives who are married with children really bore me. But not this series. Torie is married, with 2 young children in #1, and by #10, she's added another child.
This goes solidly on my fairly short list of favorite mystery series to follow.
When I got home, I discovered #1 in the series, Family Skeletons, waiting patiently in my TBR mountain, so I moved it to the peak and read it next. It also was very enjoyable, and since the heroine, Victory (Torie) is a geneaologist, and agrees to do a family tree for a woman who owns an antique store in town, and who is murdered 2 days later, this one also involves a murder mystery from the past.
I read a lot of mysteries, and mostly I read series with female sleuths. Usually my preference is for single sleuths; because some of the minor plot lines in series with detectives who are married with children really bore me. But not this series. Torie is married, with 2 young children in #1, and by #10, she's added another child.
This goes solidly on my fairly short list of favorite mystery series to follow.
Helpful Score: 4
Book 1 in the Victory O'Shea series. Victory (Torie) is a genealogist in a small town in Missouri. She stumbles into a murder mystery while researching a woman's ancestors. It is a good, fun read. I loved it!
Marlene W. (KansasSunflower) -
Helpful Score: 2
This is the first book in this series and, at least in my opinion, should be read first as it sets up all the other recurring characters. Unfortunately for me, I read it after I had read many of the others, but I still enjoyed it. This is an easy-to-read cozy series and it's worth your time if you like cozies.
Helpful Score: 1
This is the first of the Tori O'Shea mystery series.
Helpful Score: 1
Very entertaining and well-written.
