Geri (geejay) - reviewed on 7/16/2009 + 85 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 9

This is the first in the Biscuit McKee and Marmalade series. It introduces us to amateur sleuth and small town librarian, Biscuit McKee and her unlikely sidekick an orange tabby, Marmalade, who isn't tubby it's just her fur.

Naturally this tale has the basic elements of a mystery: body found, who done it, how's it figured out.

What really set's this story apart is th approach of the author. Not only do you get to know Biscuit and what she knows (from her gardening to wedding planning to her sleuthing) we have it delivered in non-chronological episodic chunks that move seamlessly from now to well before the murder. Both tracks move in the same direction until we finally discover who done it.

With more books already published in this series, and more to come, Biscuit McKee (with Marmalade) could easily become a new staple in the murder mystery arena.

I flamed through this book and immediately bought(!) the entire series.

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