Kim (Mistry) - reviewed on 9/6/2008 + 105 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

The first in the Pottery series from Tim Myers writing as Melissa Glazer, and I was expecting much more. The characters didn't have much depth, and Carolyn, the protagonist, was quite the snippy thing at times. I understand the author was trying to show she had a temper and a biting wit, but was a softy underneath. But I didn't buy it. I didn't like how she spoke to people, especially her husband, and she wasn't all that likable. She was convinced from the first page of the book that the Sheriff was incompetent because he'd blamed her son "years before" for an act of vandalism, so loudly went about announcing she was going to investigate this murder, withholding evidence and doing what she wanted.
I found the characters less than two dimensional and didn't really care about any of them. There were several loose ends at the end of the book as well, although I'm sure it was done to keep us guessing into the next book. It just all rang false to me. I'm glad I got it at the library and didn't spend a credit on it! Melissa Glazer is a pseudonym for Tim Myers, whose Candleshop Mysteries I really enjoy. But he just didn't seem to balance this book as well as his Candleshop ones.

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