Slay Belles(A Blackbird Sisters Mystery) by Nancy Martin.Ī personal shopper is murdered and Nora Blackbird along with her sister Libby, and her boyfriend, Michael, Nora sets out to solve the murder. Pfffffffffft!Ī collection of four short mystery stories. At the seminar they run into the woman again, right after Abby has proven the woman running the seminar a Fake! And of course, there is a murder and Abby gets involved. Abby's alarms go off & she gives the woman a warning, which of course is ignored. On the way they meet up with a famous psychic debunker. So Abby is conned in to going to a Psychic Seminar with her über-rich sister, Cat.
I have never read Abby before, and there was just too much chatter for me. But this short story is about Abby the "Psychic Eye".
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I like her series that's of a Ghostbuster. Breeze in Ruby, Bunny's best friend, from Las Vegas.with something she's holding for the FBI. Simon, the local undertaker, has purchased the local bowling alley for his mother Bunny to run and has Skye working there in order to keep an eye on Bunny. She is telling this to a woman who has run away from an abusive husband.ĭead Blondes Tell No Tales, Denise Swanson ★ ★ The second story is about a retired secretary who is telling the story of the murder of her boss.and how the mouse-washed-out brunette-turned-full-out-ravishing-blond-lion got away with the murder. A man from a mafia family, trying to go straight while still subtly using his influence to right a wrong. I did like the main character's boyfriend. But as it is a short story, there wasn't much character development and much of the filler seemed to be just mindless chatter by women who are stressed and shop too much. The first story featured the Blackbird Sisters and the murder of the premier personal shopper of a high-end department store. This is a trilogy of mysteries with the murderess being a blond. (Although the 'devout atheïsts' gave me giggles) The ending annoyed me again, this time as the ghosts came tumbling out of the machine head over heels.
Apperantly, there is a whole bunch of them, so there must be great demand for their services.
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That might have led to a better reason to want Ruby dead, because the reason given just did not make sense, at least not to someone capable of thinking things through.īlind sighted by Victoria Laurie - I liked this story, except for all the mumblings about professional physics. I really like to read more by Elaine Viets after this story.ĭead Blonds tell no Tales by Denise Swanson - there's probably a good story in there, but it would have worked better if there had been more pages to tell it. I'm subtly reminded of The Colorado Kid - as that too is a framework story. It's a framework story, so other than the mention of a character, it doesn't really tie-in with the Dead-End Job series. Killer Blond by Elaine Viets - I like this story best. I don't remember Nora being too stupid to live from the book I read.
Nora realises who did it and then goes after the murderer rather than inform the police of her suspicions. It was a fun story, though the end annoyed me. Slay Belles by Nancy Martin - I've read book one in the Blackbird series, so I remembered some of the characters, mostly by name, not so much their particulars. I've only read one of the authors before, so this was mostly an introduction to the other three.
Find her on Pinterest and Facebook.įour short stories by four authors of cozy mysteries. Nancy lives in Pittsburgh, serves on the board of Sisters in Crime and is a founding member of Pennwriters. In 2009 she received the Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award for mystery writing. Currently, she is at work on the Roxy Abruzzo mystery series for St.
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But Nora Blackbird soon discovers all the treasures in Aunt Maddy's house have rmation that leads her to believe maybe Maddy didn't die the way everybody thinks.Īuthor of 48 pop fiction novels in mystery, suspense, historical and romance genres, Nancy created The Blackbird Sisters in 2002- mysteries about three impoverished heiresses who adventure in couture and crime -as if “Agatha Christie had wandered onto the set of Sex and The City.” Nominated for the Agatha Award for Best First Mystery of 2002, HOW TO MURDER A MILLIONAIRE won the RT award for Best First Mystery and was a finalist for the Daphne DuMaurier Award. Now thay have a chance to regain their wealth when their aunt, "Madcap Maddy" Blackbird dies in a volcano and leaves her estate to the sisters. Set in Philadelphia, the story features three heiresses whose parents have run off with their trust funds. Winner of the 2009 Lifetime Achievement award for mystery writing from Romantic Times magazine, Nancy Martin announces the release of the 8th book in her popular Blackbird Sisters mystery series, NO WAY TO KILL A LADY.
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