This
third entry in the Good Buy Girls mystery series finds the
women planning for the Christmas Season and excited about
a holiday ball to be held by the wealthy Bianca Madison. Bianca
is even donating exquisite ball gowns that had belonged to
her mother and grandmother, but Maggie will only take them
on consignment to her second-hand shop.
The ball
is a success, and with some prodding from Maggie’s daughter
Laura, even the shy new girl in town, Diane attends. Laura
has befriended the young woman, who has recently moved to
town and begun work at More than Meats, the deli owned by
GBG Joanne, and her husband Michael Claramotta.
Yet the
morning after the ball, Maggie goes to More than Meats and
finds it closed. Concerned, she calls Joanne who rushes over
to find out why Michael hasn’t opened the deli. Maggie
and Joanne are in for a shock when they find Diane strangled
with her own apron strings, and Michael lying in a pool of
his own blood from a head injury. With no personnel file or
other records of Diane, and a disconcerting conversation that
Maggie overheard between Diane and Michael, it looks as if
Michael is more than a person of interest.
With
Joanne pregnant and fragile, Michael unconscious and unable
to say what happened, Maggie and the other GBG’s: Claire
and Ginger, band together to find the real killer- hopefully
before he finds them!
This
is a fun and fast read, well-paced, and plotted. It was great
to have the gang from the previous books back, as well as
the introduction of some new characters. I confess that I
pegged the killer early on, and even had a good idea of who
the ultimate hero might be, but neither of those things bothered
me in the least. In fact, I was actually delighted that I
was spot on about them.
As with
the previous books in this series, 50% off Murder and
A Deal to Die For, I found myself itching to hit
up the local consignment shops to see what treasures I could
dig up.
This
would be a great holiday read, and if you pick it up now and
read during Christmas shopping season, you’ll find a
few tips to help you become buried in your own bargains!
Reviews of other
titles in this series
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A
Deal to Die For #2
Buried
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Marked
Down for Murder #4
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