Karen S. (CacaoBear) reviewed on 2/19/2008 + 87 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 5

The first thing I noticed in this book was a page-and-a-half list of characters ... and it's a good thing it was there, too. The characters were totally undeveloped, and thus, completely unmemorable.

This book is written as if it is the second in a series, although, if it is, I can find no record of the first. (Maybe because it was so bad as to remain unpublished?) There are constant references to a mystery Jean had solved before, which often left me scratching my head.

Also, the storyline had more holes than the finest of Swiss cheese. In an effort to apparently surprise readers with her cleverness, the author "skips over" things that make the story jump around disjointedly. As a result, the characters act in ways that make no sense, until the author tries to tie everything up with a neat little bow in the final pages (and not even then in some cases). Even with everything spelled out for me ... I found the premise thin, the characters flat, and the denouement disappointing.

Sadly .. I will not be buying Ms. Marberg's second Interior Design Mystery (or should it be third?).

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