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A Fitting End (A Magical Dressmaking Mystery #2)
by
Melissa Bourbon Ramirez (Goodreads Author),
Melissa Bourbon
Business is booming at Harlow Jane Cassidy's custom dressmaking boutique-even with her great-grandmother's ghost hanging around the shop. But when a local golf pro is found stabbed with dressmaking shears, the new town deputy suspects Harlow. Now she has to clear her name before the next outfit she designs is a prison jumpsuit...
Mass Market Paperback, 320 pages
Published
February 7th 2012
by Signet
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A Fitting End is the second book A Magical Dressmaking Mystery series by Melissa Bourbon. The author also writes under the name of Melissa Bourbon Ramirez, Lola Cruz Mystery series. I read the first book of the Magical Dressmaking series last year, and it was one of those great cosy's that you read in one sitting. So I was hoping that this one would be just as Pleating for Mercy.
Harlow is slowly getting back into the groove of things, both in her haunted house and in her hometown of Bliss, Texa...more
Harlow is slowly getting back into the groove of things, both in her haunted house and in her hometown of Bliss, Texa...more
Secrets. What town, family, group of friends, haven't their share of secrets? The small town of Bliss, Texas has perhaps more than their share of secrets. This novel explores secrets that can hurt, harm your business, even kill.
Dressmaker, Harlow Jane Cassidy, yes of the famous Butch Cassidy family line, is thrown into uncovering deceits and lies, when she learns that the local Country Club's Golf Pro, Vance Macon, has been murdered by someone using Harlow's very own sewing scissors. Added to th...more
Dressmaker, Harlow Jane Cassidy, yes of the famous Butch Cassidy family line, is thrown into uncovering deceits and lies, when she learns that the local Country Club's Golf Pro, Vance Macon, has been murdered by someone using Harlow's very own sewing scissors. Added to th...more
I really like this author and the first book in this series - and I really liked a lot of things about this book. The mystery plot was excellent. But... there is so much of this story line that has left me utterly confused. Specifically concerning one of the characters, Gracie. I really feel like a page was missing from my book or something. (view spoiler)...more
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Another appealing entry in the Magical Dressmaking series. Harlow Cassidy is a direct descendant of Butch Cassidy, and all the Cassidy women have a special talent. Her grandmother's a goat whisperer, her mother has flowers appear in profusion wherever she walks, and Harlow (the Cassidy name is passed through the female line) she a person and envision's the perfect dress for whatever occasion, sewing into the seems the strength/confident/whatever quality the wearer requires. She's busy making "Ma...more
Cassidy Harlow, dressmaker extraordinnaire, is back... and another murder. She's filled up on dress orders for the Margaret ceremony, a local tradition for debutantes. While waiting for Lucille, who is charge of the ceremony, Cassidy overhears her arguing with the local golf pro, the local golf pro who later ends up dead... killed with Cassidy's sewing shears.
There're no shortage of suspects. It turns out the local golf pro (as Ramirez says) is more like a tennis pro in terms of his relationship...more
There're no shortage of suspects. It turns out the local golf pro (as Ramirez says) is more like a tennis pro in terms of his relationship...more
Melissa Bourbon has created some fascinating characters in this series. Yes, the Cassidy women are “charmed” but they are also charming, delightful and funny. Harlow stitches a little magic into each of her creations which leads to some very surprising revelations. Reading this story was pure joy.
There is a part when a huge piece of furniture is being moved, I had tears in my eyes from laughing so hard. The men is this series can be equally charming but are completely in the dark about what is r...more
There is a part when a huge piece of furniture is being moved, I had tears in my eyes from laughing so hard. The men is this series can be equally charming but are completely in the dark about what is r...more
I love this series, when I am reading it I wish that I could step into the pages and have Harlow make a dress for me, see Tessa's garden, even meet Coleta's goats.
I think it was fantastic that the reader is kept guessing almost to the very end. I think it adds to the story and makes it more plausible, the false leads, the suspicions, the surprise revelations... they all add to the suspense and keep you guessing as to who the real killer is and what new secrets are going to be uncovered next.
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I think it was fantastic that the reader is kept guessing almost to the very end. I think it adds to the story and makes it more plausible, the false leads, the suspicions, the surprise revelations... they all add to the suspense and keep you guessing as to who the real killer is and what new secrets are going to be uncovered next.
As m...more
Miss Harlow Jane Cassidy, once a New York fashion designer, is now the proud owner of Buttons and Bows, a unique dressmaking shop in Bliss, Texas. Thanks to a magical wish made by her great-great-great grandfather, Butch Cassidy (yep, that Butch Cassidy!), all of the women in the family are blessed with a special “gift.” While her grandmother is a goat charmer, and her mom has a powerful green thumb, Harlow has the ability to sew magic into the garments she makes, giving the wearer a little supe...more
I must admit that the first book in the series was difficult for me to get into. I am pleased to say that was not the case with this one. I feel that the Cassidy women were warmer and more together in this book. I appreciated the small town feel of Bliss, Texas and the intertwining of friendships and relationships. The revelation of long kept secrets helped, too. i look forward to the next book in the series. 4 stars
I really enjoy this series. Part of it is because I'm in Texas and can relate to the environment and culture but mostly because these are well written and entertaining books. I love the relationship between Great Grandmother, grandmother, mother, and daughter. Ah, the secrets of a family. We all have them. I really appreciate not being able to figure out "who did it".
I do enjoy continuing a series, though I rarely immediately get the next in series this quickly. I usually wait for a bit since there are so many other new-to-me series out there to discover. I made an exception here as I really like the characters and the setting of this series. The mystery is well done, the victim got his 'just desserts' and the fun of the chase is enjoyable. I do like the ghostly presence of Harlow's great-grandmother and the varying gifts of Harlow and her family.
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Very well developed cozy. The magic is slowly and carefully developed and not too unrealistic. Discussion of period clothing is wonderful and very interesting. I enjoy the different generation of Cassidy women and how they tie back to Butch Cassidy. Oh yes good mystery too.
I can't believe how quickly I finished this book. I had the time and an it was interesting plot and story.
I'm not into the "magical" but I do like how Ms Bourbon uses it in the story. It helped set up and build on understanding and believing in Harlow's special gift. This second book really built on the characters that were introduced in "Pleating for Mercy," and introduced new likable ongoing characters. The mystery element kept me guessing until the end. I like light mysteries and this fit the...more
I'm not into the "magical" but I do like how Ms Bourbon uses it in the story. It helped set up and build on understanding and believing in Harlow's special gift. This second book really built on the characters that were introduced in "Pleating for Mercy," and introduced new likable ongoing characters. The mystery element kept me guessing until the end. I like light mysteries and this fit the...more
2nd book in this cozy series that features a family in Bliss TX where the women are descendants of Butch Cassidy and all have some special power. Mix in sewing/crafting and lots of town secrets and this story will keep your interest.
I love Harlow, she's such a likable character. This one still had me guessing until the end. I didn't understand the part of Anna's sisters wedding though. Will is one of my favorite characters. I think I get butterflies along with Harlow when he walks into the room. I just order the next book on Amazon, can't wait to start reading! Melissa is going to need to write faster!!
Dec 08, 2012
Plainfield Public Library District
marked it as to-read
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This is only the second book I have read by this author. I have enjoyed both of them. This one gives more information on Harlow's family and adds a little bit to her budding romance.
I loved this book. I wish there had been more about the sewing and the boyfriend. However, it was a quick book and enjoyable.
Book two of a new series and I am enjoying it very much. I usually do not read the "paranormal" or "magic" mysteries, but this series has me hooked. This is a great cozy mystery and I think what I like about this series is that I think I have it figured out and then in the last 10 pages, I find out that I was totally wrong! I always close the book saying "wow"!
Fun book, with a great story line. I couldn't guess the ending, which is always fun.
Well she's still got a North Texas/California sense of Texans but her stories are fun.
Finished this one this morning. Not bad but sometimes the story was a little hard to follow.
Finished this one this morning. Not bad but sometimes the story was a little hard to follow.
The second well-written cozy in this series. Good characters.
Just as good as the first! Can't wait the third one!
A nice second book. I definitely read number three.
Love this series. Makes me miss Texas :-0
Cute....easy read but interesting.
This is the second book in the Magical Dressmaking series, and I thought it was a good read. I did find that during the course of the book, there were so many town secrets revealed, I was getting a bit confused and having information overload. That aside, the mystery itself was a tough one to figure out, and I didn't guess who did it at all. The characters were entertaining, and I liked that Harlow's great-grandmother had more of a presence. This was a fun, slightly paranormal read and I look fo...more
fun!
I really enjoyed this book, picked it up at the library on a whim and will pick up the first one as well as the next. I love how the story wound and the characters. A great series. I am thrilled to have found.
A great second book to the series, I actually liked this one better than the first.
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Melissa Bourbon, who sometimes answers to her Latina-by-marriage name Misa Ramirez, gave up teaching middle and high school kids in Northern California to write full-time amidst horses and Longhorns in North Texas. She fantasizes about spending summers writing in quaint, cozy locales, has a love/hate relationship with yoga and chocolate, is devoted to her family, and can’t believe she’s lucky enou...more
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