Helpful Score: 3
I'm glad this will be a series, even though it is a bit formulaic. The characters are cool and I will enjoy seeing them fleshed out even more as the series continues.
The standard storyline of daughter returning home to a small town after a failed marriage and having to confront the ghosts of her past may be a well-used plot device but it works here as a simply enjoyable read. Not as much crafting information as in some series but art restoration information is sprinkled throughout. I really like to learn trivial facts when reading a cozy and this one delivers much to research further without detracting from the plot.
While I knew about halfway through that one of the characters was quite shady, I did not expect a few of the twists thrown into the mix. All in all, a very enjoyable one-day quick read!
The standard storyline of daughter returning home to a small town after a failed marriage and having to confront the ghosts of her past may be a well-used plot device but it works here as a simply enjoyable read. Not as much crafting information as in some series but art restoration information is sprinkled throughout. I really like to learn trivial facts when reading a cozy and this one delivers much to research further without detracting from the plot.
While I knew about halfway through that one of the characters was quite shady, I did not expect a few of the twists thrown into the mix. All in all, a very enjoyable one-day quick read!
April Buchert moves back to Aldenville, Pennsylvania after the breakup of her marriage to a jerk, who also ruins her career. She takes little with her from her past.
She moves into the barn, a renovation project of her father's and his gay husband. April does intricate rubber stamping on walls and soon falls into a rubber stamping group led by her best friend, Deana.
April's father owns a retro construction company, and soon has work renovating an old mansion. But while taking down an abandoned guest house at the back of the property that her father had been building many years before, a skull is found.
April has to find out who the killer is to repair her father's good name and clear him of the murder.
This is an interesting cozy and I enjoyed it very much.
She moves into the barn, a renovation project of her father's and his gay husband. April does intricate rubber stamping on walls and soon falls into a rubber stamping group led by her best friend, Deana.
April's father owns a retro construction company, and soon has work renovating an old mansion. But while taking down an abandoned guest house at the back of the property that her father had been building many years before, a skull is found.
April has to find out who the killer is to repair her father's good name and clear him of the murder.
This is an interesting cozy and I enjoyed it very much.
Fun entry into the genre. I could tell the author loved stamping.
