Third Persia Vanderbilt book. Author sometimes focuses on odd little details, such as what Persia is eating and how she is dressed, but those details are surrounded by a great plot.

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This is the 3rd Persia Vanderbuilt book, and im sad to see the series come to a close. In this installment, one of Persias empoyees goes missing. Persia finally comes to a truce with Kyle and helps him snoop out the clues as to Lisa's whereabouts. In the meantime, Persias ex, Elliot, is drunk on the loose and vrey triggerhappy. What a hectic little holiday its been for Persia and the gang!

This is a great little cozy series and i truely wished the author would contine on with the series. I really developed a fondness for the characters and the plot was well written. I often found myself picking up the book every so often just to find out what happens to Lisa. It keeps you guessing the whole book through.

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I read the first two books in this series many years ago, and I remember enjoying them quite a bit. Apparently, my tastes have changed over the years. Either that, or the author totally blew this one. Several times, I almost purged it from Mt. TBR ... and each time, I reminded myself that I specifically thought the series was good enough to move forward. But this book seemed very confused. Was it about the missing friend? Or the abusive ex-boyfriend? Or maybe the best friend's relationship issues? Persia is dealing with all of this, in addition to running a beauty goods store/spa with her Aunt, coaching a friend/employee to overcome her hydrophobia, teaching self-defense classes, attending a major holiday gala, and telling the chief of police how to do his job. This is an example of "feel-good fiction" ... where everything is resolved to the best possible result, even if the resolution is non-sensical and unrealistic. Overall, the story was predictable and just meh.

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Glossed and Found by India Ink
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Glossed and Found is the third book in the Bath and Body Mystery series by India Ink. I am one that just simply has to read books in the order they are meant to go in, but as I read this book, parts of the story seemed familiar, like I had read them before, but yet other parts of the story I knew I hadn't read before, and I know I didn't read the second book before a couple of days ago. I am thinking I might have picked this book up at one time, not realizing it was book three, and then maybe read parts of it, but even if I did, it was a book worth reading again!

Auntie and Persia run Venus Envy in small town, Gull Harbor, WA. It is an upscale bath and body shop that recently added a hairdresser and a makeup artist. Persia has been gifted with a sensitive smell that allows her to pick up on subtle undertones in a fragrance, and so she creates custom blends for her clients, along with all the fragrance blends for Venus Envy's line of bath and body products.

The day of the Thanksgiving Gala in Gull Harbor, Lisa Tremont, the makeup artist at Venus Envy, ducks out early leaving a note that she had to meet someone about the suspicions that she had regarding her late fathers estate. Persia is mad at Lisa for ducking out, but she also knows Lisa wouldn't do it if it wasn't important. Lisa had a date for the Gala, but she never makes it to the Gala, and never calls her boyfriend to cancel. Her sister Amy is worried sick, but there isn't much her boyfriend, the chief of police can do, since Lisa is an adult.

When no one has heard from Lisa in a couple of days, Amy files an official missing person report, but that isn't good enough for Persia and Amy. With the police budget already stretched to the limits and more cuts in the future, Kyle, the police chief can only do so much, especially since there isn't a ransom note and no clues as to what happened to Lisa. Persia is always checking things out on her own, usually to the chagrin or Kyle, but this time she asks his permission to talk to Lisa's clients, as the owner of the shop where she works, and report back to Kyle. This time kyle is glad to have thee help, because he just doesn't have the resources available to do alot on this case.

Another well-written and enjoyable book. I felt pulled in and routing for Persia to find Lisa, and for Kyle to get more money from the council, although that issue is still left hanging at the end of the book, some of the things mentioned in the book about what to do about the council were brought up and I look forward to the next book to see which ones come through and what help it does give the town. I find myself enjoying the town of Gull Harbor and wishing it was a true place that I could visit, but for now I will just have to keep reading about it in this series.

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