Genre:
Cozy Mystery/Humor/Woman Sleuth
Description:
“Olive
and Lizzy’s Cold Cream shop on the beach is jumping—business
couldn’t be better. But when land shark mogul Brent Toast is found
floating in the Starfish Cove marina, with his sneer-side up and a
knife in his chest, the prime suspect—among his many enemies—is
his brassy daughter-in-law. Can Olive & Lizzy save their friend
or will this be the end of the Loud Mouth of the South?”
Author:
“Barbara
Silkstone's most current series is Florence Nightingale Comedy
Mysteries...The Giggling
Corpse, The
Killer Corset, and The
Cheeky Coroner. Cozies all.
Silkstone
is the best-selling author of both Regency Pride
and Prejudice variations,
including the popular the MISTER
DARCY SERIES OF COMEDIC MYSTERIES ~ PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
contemporary variations. All her books are light-hearted adventures
based on Jane Austen's timeless tales of love denied and love
discovered. ‘Feel good’ tales to warm your heart.
She is also
the author of the Wendy Darlin
Comedy Mystery series. Five
coffee-snorting tales that combine cozy with outrageous adventures.”
For more
from Barbara, visit her website and her Facebook page.
Appraisal:
Nancy Nemo,
a local restaurant owner, buys herself a sailboat for her fiftieth
birthday. Olive finds herself on the boat's maiden voyage around the
cove, which should have been a fun time, everyone else is having fun.
However, Olive is sure she’s going to end up as shark bait as all
of her water phobias swirl in her mind. After making it back to the
dock Olive discovers she left her bag on Nancy’s boat and has to
return to retrieve it. With a misstep boarding she finds herself
clinging to the side of the boat. When Brent Toast’s body floats by
with a knife in his chest, Olive finds her voice to scream. Brent
Toast is a money hungry land mogul with many enemies.
Ms.
Silkstone introduces a few new quirky characters as she weaves
Olive’s cold cream business with her armature sleuthing savvy, and
her psychological finesse to clear Jamie Toast of her father-in-law’s
murder. Smokey Eyes
is a multi-layered story as Kal, the local detective, advises Olive
to stay clear and let him handle the investigation for her own safety
since word has gotten out that she may have seen the killers eyes
through the fog. With Lizzy and WonderDog at her side, Olive ignores
Kal’s advice. Tension builds as pieces of the puzzle come together
as Olive eliminates suspects as only she can. In the midst of murder
mystery there seems to be a problem with Nonna’s cold cream recipe.
In her haste to reproduce the cold cream, Olive overlooked a key
ingredient that turns Nonna’s miracle cold cream into a magical
cold cream.
Ms.
Silkstone has a delightful way of playing with words that make her
stories entertaining and easy to read. Her characters are realistic,
intelligent, and loveable. With exception to the evil-doers who are
shrewd and not so easy to spot. If you enjoy clever, smartly written
cozy mysteries you are sure to find Ms. Silkstone worth your time. As
a bonus there is a Smokey eyeshadow recipe at the end of the book.
FYI:
Smokey
Eyes is Book 2 in Ms.
Silkstone’s, COLD CREAM MURDERS series.
Format/Typo
Issues:
No
significant issues.
Rating:
***** Five Stars
Reviewed
by: ?wazithinkin
Approximate
word count: 40-45,000
words
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