Originally posted on August 17, 2016.
Fifth in the series, "Acts of Violets" was a pleasant quick mystery read
in the Flower Shop Mystery Series by Kate Collins. Abby Knight, our
busybody heroine, is a mixture of Nancy Drew and Miss Marple. Set in
small (fictional) town New Chapel, Indiana, our story begins with an
angry clown, a Pickle Festival, and a variety of characters to set the
scene. It seems that trouble seems to follow Abby, or rather she finds
it! After a confrontation with an angry clown, Marco, Abby's boyfriend,
goes to the rescue. Unfortunately, events take a spin for the worse when
Snuggles the Clown is found dead and Marco is the main suspect! Abby
must believe in herself and use her newly developed PI abilities to save
the day!
The Flower Shop Mystery series is fast-paced and
thrilling, a guilty pleasure that is never stale. Each book has a unique story line that is continuous and intriguing. Once you are hooked, you
will be sure to be lost in the series! Fans can now watch the two (yes
two!) movies from the Hallmark channel that depict the first book,
Mum's the Word, and the third book, Dearly Depotted. Do not worry about
reading the series and ruining the movies, or vise versa. The movies are
more loosely based on plots than true to the series. But, that does not
mean they are not worth looking into, either!
I highly recommend
the book series, which may get another review as I am closer to
finishing the 18 books out currently, and watching the movies if you
want a good plot to get lost in for a couple of hours.
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