The Walled Flower (A Victoria Square Mystery #2)

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The Walled Flower (A Victoria Square Mystery #2)

by Lorraine Bartlett (Goodreads Author)

3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 · rating details · 397 ratings · 70 reviews

If Katie Bonner's late husband hadn't invested all their savings in the crafts fair Artisans Alley, the Webster mansion could have been hers to remodel into a bed-and-breakfast. Instead that dream belongs to another young couple. But that dream becomes a nightmare when a skeleton is discovered sealed in the walls of the mansion. The bones belong to Helen Winston, who went...more

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Published February 7th 2012 by Berkley (first published February 2012)

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Mar 18, 2013 Drebbles rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012

Although Kate Bonner's plans to own a bed-and-breakfast were dashed when her now deceased husband invested all their money in Artisans Alley, she still has the faint hope that someday she will own the place. When another couple buys the mansion she is understandably upset -although not as upset as the new owners who find a skeleton buried in a wall. Soon Kate is caught up in a murder investigation as the bones belong to the long missing niece of a close friend of hers. As Kate begins investigati...more

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Jun 21, 2012 Suspense Magazine rated it 4 of 5 stars

Katie Bonner, the lead character in best-selling author Lorraine Bartlett’s newest mystery, “The Walled Flower,” just can’t seem to catch a break. Without her knowledge, her husband sunk their entire life savings into an indoor craft market. And then…he died. Leaving her in charge of making the market—Artisans Alley—a financial success.
For most of her life, Katie has dreamed of renovating an old mansion on Victoria Square and turning it into a bed and breakfast. But while she’s stuck running Ar...more

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Apr 09, 2012 Ellen rated it 4 of 5 stars

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A Cozy Read, March 14, 2012
By Ellen Rappaport (Florida)
This review is from: The Walled Flower (Victoria Square Mystery) (Mass Market Paperback)
Let me start by saying that Lorraine Bartlett is one of my fave cozy writers. I enjoy her characters because they are believable as is the relationships between most of the characters.
Another reason why I enjoy this particular series is because I'm an artsy crafts type of a person. The Artis...more You can always edit it here.
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A Cozy Read, March 14, 2012
By Ellen Rappaport (Florida)
This review is from: The Walled Flower (Victoria Square Mystery) (Mass Market Paperback)
Let me start by saying that Lorraine Bartlett is one of my fave cozy writers. I enjoy her characters because they are believable as is the relationships between most of the characters.
Another reason why I enjoy this particular series is because I'm an artsy crafts type of a person. The Artisan's Alley that is run by the main character, Katie Bonner, is one that I can visualize myself walking through...not to mention purchasing many of the goods sold in it.

Now for the story. Katie Bonner and her,now deceased husband, Chad , had wanted to purchase the Webster Mansion and turn it into a bed & breakfast. Unfortunately, Chad took that money and put it towards Artisans Alley. That's where Katie's heartbreak began. I could feel her heartbreak as she yearned to find a way to purchase that property although she barely had enough to get out of the debt Artisans alley had put her in.
The problems I had with Katie was in her not standing up to Polly. Polly was an over the top bully who rented space in Artisans Alley. Her antics were so unacceptable but even more unacceptable to me as the reader was that Katie, who was the owner and manager of Artisans Alley, never actually stood up to Polly until the very end of the story. That did not balance out for me since it was part of her responsibility as the owner/manager of Artisans Alley to keep the atmosphere as pleasant as possible...not to mention the obvious child abuse towards Hannah/Polly's grand-daughter.
The 2nd problem I had was Katie being dumped on by Gilda who wanted the "works" for her up and coming wedding...but to be provided by Katie. Right then and there Katie could have limited herself as to what she could and could not do. But...Katie kept her mouth shut and took on everything gilda dealt out to her. I felt that Katie should have opened her mouth and just stated that to Gilda and let Gilda be responsible for herself. In my opinion, this whimpy decision on Katie's part did nothing to develop the type of character an owner/manager of Artisans Alley would actually measure up to be.
I did enjoy the comradery developed by Katie in coming to Rose's rescue regarding the murder of her niece, Heather Winston. This entire story has it's focus on the discovery of Heather's skeleton walled up in the Webster mansion and how it came to
be there. This was the most intriguing part of the story and the author did a tremendous job at developing it as the clues kept coming. The searching for answers as Katie unveiled the past in the victim's life kept me reading and enjoying every minute of it.
(If I had my was in the next book in the Victorian Square series I would find a way for Katie to make her dreams come true and become the owner of the Webster mansion...but I'm only the reader not the author).
I appreciate this author/Lorraine Bartlett and read all of her series'. I would recommend this book to any cozy read and this author.
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Jan 04, 2012 Betty rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: katie-bonner, artisans-alley, arc, cozy, murder-mystery, lorraine-bartlett, series, fiction, detective-davenport, webster-mansion, recipes, victoria-square

Published by Berkley Prime Crime, New York
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What a stressful life our Katie Bonner is living these days! Aside from her daily routines at the Artisans Alley, which are about to be interrupted in a less than happy way, she is rushing around to find a place to live and down to a very short deadline since her apartment has been rented out already. Then one of her vendors talks her into becoming her Matron of Honour (and must have read and copied every book on a Matron of Honour's d...more Published by Berkley Prime Crime, New York
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What a stressful life our Katie Bonner is living these days! Aside from her daily routines at the Artisans Alley, which are about to be interrupted in a less than happy way, she is rushing around to find a place to live and down to a very short deadline since her apartment has been rented out already. Then one of her vendors talks her into becoming her Matron of Honour (and must have read and copied every book on a Matron of Honour's duty), with a deadline just over a week away. Another vendor is adamantly demanding that her neighbouring vendor be arrested for stealing with no proof whatsoever, and her dream to own and operate the old Webster mansion for a Bed and Breakfast is revived again when the property goes up for sale---and again she can't afford it. It does sell, though, and the new owners are planning on doing exactly what Katie had planned, they are renovating the house to be a Bed and Breakfast, with many of the same ideas Katie had.

Lorraine Bartlett knows how to write sharp, witty, intriguing mysteries, often with several smoothly entwined in a single book, a book that is very hard to put down. I think this is the best yet. New characters come and go, and some remain adding to the population of Victoria Square. I love the title of the book and how it fits with the story. There is indeed a "walled flower", not the kind of flower you would expect, but one forever caught in the bloom of its life. Katie is about to uncover this flower when she makes a welcoming visit to the new neighbours, who are busily tearing down a wall. They allow her to try her hand with the mallet which she does with the relish and zeal of a thwarted homeowner, breaking away pieces until she suddenly realizes something is inside the wall. The skeleton of a young woman, obviously in the wall for many years, the walled flower, a death too soon. At this point an over-stressed Katie issues what must be the understatement of the decade, "Well, this could ruin your day."

As the insensitive and formidable homicide Detective Ray Davenport arrives and the area is cordoned off, Rose Nash, one of the older vendors at Artisan's Alley and a special friend to Katie, is allowed in when it appears she may have information about the body. She is able to identify the locket the skeleton is wearing and identifies the girl as her niece Heather, who disappeared 22 years before. From the moment of identification, this story takes on a life of its own, involving many people, possible suspects, and more bodies piling up. As usual, the detective does not seem to be moving, or at the very least moving in the right direction, so Rose becomes Katie's sidekick as they investigate together, a partnership I found very satisfying and would enjoy seeing again. Rose proves herself reliable and quick.

In the meantime, between the looming wedding, the accusations of thefts, a child left unattended by the accusator, the hunt for a place to live (and wondering why current boyfriend Andy won't let her rent his apartment over the store) and more, Katie is quickly becoming overwhelmed. Searching for an apartment introduces her to some very strange owners! She is aided, and sometimes abetted, by various members of the Alley. Many surprises are in store for the reader. This is an enjoyable romp with action all through. I did not want to put the book down, though I often felt I needed to catch my breath. A wonderful cozy read.(less)

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Jan 13, 2012 Jeannie and Louis Rigod rated it 5 of 5 stars

I was Blessed this week by a surprise gift in my post office box. What was it? An ARC of "The Walled Flower" by Lorraine Bartlett. Ms. Bartlett gave me this splendid gift and was I happy! Not only was I at the ending of my current read, I know that Lorraine Bartlett is one of those Authors unable to disappoint me.

Now, "The Walled Flower" may seem an unusual title for a Victoria Square Mystery, however, it reminded me of many titles favored in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is quickly shown to t...more

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Feb 22, 2012 Mirjam rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery

For Katie being stuck with the craft fair Artisans Alley is a bitter pill to swallow as her late husband invested in it with the money intended for the purchase of her dream house, the Webster mansion. Now another couple is living her dream by renovating the old mansion on Victoria Square. When a walled up skeleton is found the couple's dream quickly turns into a nightmare. The victim turns out to be a local girl, Heather Winston, and is the niece of one of Katie's jewelry vendors. It does not t...more

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Mar 28, 2013 bella rated it 5 of 5 stars

In the second book in the Victoria Square Mysteries, Katie Bonner is keeping herself more than busy between trying to keep Artisan's Alley from running her into more debt and stepping in as Glinda's Maid of Honor at the last minute. She's also forlornly keeping an eye on the Webster Mansion, which she had hoped would've been hers one day. That was before her husband had sunk all their money in Artisan's Alley. When Katie visits the new owners at Webster's Mansion, she inadvertently discovers the...more

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Mar 01, 2012 Patty rated it 5 of 5 stars

This second in a series is even better than the first. Katie is sole owner of Artisan's Alley a bit of a dump of a place that her deceased husband purchased without telling her. It is run down but in the six months that Katie has been running it things are starting to turn around.

Her dream property is an old Victorian house that is just across Victoria Square from her building. It has been for sale for months and now someone has purchased it. When Katie goes to welcome the new owners to the neig...more

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Feb 16, 2012 LORI CASWELL rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-2012

This fantastic story that has Katie running in circles and eating way too much pizza but by the time I finished reading the book I was craving cinnamon rolls.

The characters in this series are so much fun, even if one or two of them may be murderers. Katie has faced so much already losing her husband, then her business partner is murdered and she finds herself the sole owner of Artisans Alley putting here dreams of owning a B&B firmly out of reach. She has grown into the job wonderfully, han...more

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Oct 07, 2012 Alannah rated it 3 of 5 stars

Second in a series, but the only book I've read by this author. It reads well as a stand-alone, and I liked the Artisan's Alley craft fair setting as well as the variety of characters - other than the protagonist. I really wanted to like Katie Bonner, but she already felt so sorry for herself that she didn't need any sympathy from me. It didn't help that some of her troubles could have been easily solved by not allowing herself to be a doormat. So she couldn't afford the time or money to be matr...more

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Jun 04, 2012 Debbie Heaton rated it 4 of 5 stars

In Bartlett’s mystery novel, Katie Bonner had spent years dreaming of opening her own Bed & Breakfast in the Webster mansion. Unfortunately, her late husband blew their savings on the craft fair Artisans Alley and now she was stuck with a business she never wanted while another couple stepped up to renovate the old mansion of her dreams.

But when a skeleton is found sealed in a wall of their mansion, their dream becomes a nightmare of police investigations. The bones are identified as belongi...more

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Mar 18, 2012 Christine rated it 3 of 5 stars

Katie Bonner puts her envy behind her and welcomes Janice and Toby Ryan to the group of merchants in Victoria Square. The Ryans are renovating an old mansion into a Bed and Breakfast, which was Katie had longed to do before her late husband used the money they had saved for the purchase of the home to invest in Artisan’s Alley, a craft marketplace.

However, the new owners of the mansion are in for a shock when the renovation process uncovers a skeleton hidden in one of the walls. When the skeleto...more Katie Bonner puts her envy behind her and welcomes Janice and Toby Ryan to the group of merchants in Victoria Square. The Ryans are renovating an old mansion into a Bed and Breakfast, which was Katie had longed to do before her late husband used the money they had saved for the purchase of the home to invest in Artisan’s Alley, a craft marketplace.

However, the new owners of the mansion are in for a shock when the renovation process uncovers a skeleton hidden in one of the walls. When the skeleton is identified as belonging to the niece of Katie’s friend Rose, Katie gives into Rose’s plea to look into the murder. Katie is already overloaded with work, but she can’t turn her friend down and soon is embroiled in the age-old murder mystery that seems to be hitting someone a little too close to home.

Katie is a character with too much on her plate. She is still struggling to learn to manage Artisan’s Alley and deal with issues between some of the crafters, and now is not only a reluctant matron of honor for an acquaintance, but also a reluctant detective. I think most of us can relate to Katie. She wants to help others, so she takes on more and more and then complains when she starts feeling overwhelmed. However, reading about it can get a little old, and I wish she would learn to “Just Say No.” However, once Katie commits to something, she gives it her all, whether it’s keeping the craft mall running smoothly, planning a last minute bridal shower, or questioning suspects to get to the truth about Heather’s murder.

Katie’s relationship with pizza chef Andy Rust is a major part of the book, and normally I love a little romance mixed in with my mysteries. Unfortunately, I have mixed feelings about Andy. I don’t know if this is the way the author has intended to portray Andy, but to me he comes across somewhat pushy and arrogant taking advantage of Katie’s difficulty finding a new apartment to convince her to move in with him. At other times, he just seems clueless and I wonder how much he really cares about Katie. For every nice thing he does, he turns around and does something completely thoughtless. He is a hard-worker, but to the point of being a workaholic and never seems to be around for Katie’s adventures in detecting. Maybe I have misread Andy, but I’m not sure he’s the right match for Katie.

I think this series has promise. The mystery of Heather’s disappearance and murder is interesting and Katie is a thorough investigator. I enjoy reading about the day-to-day operation of the craft mall. There are a variety of represented and different types of characters, which adds to the appeal of the book. I’m a little surprised that while the book takes place at a craft mall, there are no detailed projects included. However, there are a couple of recipes that tie back to the story at the end of the book. There is room for improvement in the characters, but I care about them enough to be curious what lies ahead for Katie, her relationship with Andy, the craft mall, as well as Katie’s dream of owning a bed and breakfast. Fans of Laura Childs or Margaret Grace will enjoy the setting, Katie’s determination, and the assorted crafters that make up the cast of characters in this series.

This review was originally written for The Season EZine. The book was provided to me in exchange for an honest review. (3 1/2 stars)(less)

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Feb 07, 2012 Janet rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: victoria-square-mysteries

From the description - “If Katie Bonner's late husband hadn't invested all their savings in the crafts fair Artisans Alley, the Webster mansion could have been hers to remodel into a bed-and-breakfast. Instead that dream belongs to another young couple. But that dream becomes a nightmare when a skeleton is discovered sealed in the walls of the mansion. The bones belong to Helen Winston, who went missing twenty-two years ago. Heather's aunt, a jewelry vendor at Artisans Alley, asks Kate for help...more

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Feb 29, 2012 Diana Leigh rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: cozy-mystery

Rating: 4½ stars

The murder mystery in THE WALLED FLOWER is the most intriguing I’ve read in a long time. Katie Bonner is a young widow, cheated out of owning the property of her dreams, the Webster mansion, because her late husband invested all of their money into the struggling Artisans Alley just before he died. Katie pays a visit to the new owners of the mansion to see their renovations and also to pine away for what she lost. Poor, Katie! While she’s there, a skeleton is found sealed behind...more Rating: 4½ stars

The murder mystery in THE WALLED FLOWER is the most intriguing I’ve read in a long time. Katie Bonner is a young widow, cheated out of owning the property of her dreams, the Webster mansion, because her late husband invested all of their money into the struggling Artisans Alley just before he died. Katie pays a visit to the new owners of the mansion to see their renovations and also to pine away for what she lost. Poor, Katie! While she’s there, a skeleton is found sealed behind a wall, and it’s revealed that the bones are those of Heather Winston, a young woman who went missing 22 years ago.

Heather’s aunt is Rose Nash, a jewelry vendor at Artisans Alley, and also Katie’s good friend. Rose persuades Katie to help her uncover clues that might reveal who Heather’s killer is. Even though Katie has a very full plate with running the crafts fair, finding a new apartment, trying to make peace between squabbling vendors, and fulfilling matron of honor duties for a not-so-close friend’s wedding, she agrees to help out. After all, the town’s lazy-ish detective is not inspired to work hard on a two decades old cold case.

This book grabbed me from the beginning. What a challenge it would be for an amateur sleuth to solve a murder that took place 22 years ago! Where would you begin? Ms. Bartlett has a talent for creating an intricate mystery with many interesting twists and turns. The plot moved at a very fast pace as more clues and characters were introduced. I thought to myself, “How is she ever going to figure this out?!?” This was not an easy one to crack, but Katie Bonner was smart and savvy enough to do it.

THE WALLED FLOWER is the second book in the A Victoria Square Mystery series, but if you haven’t read the first book like me, not to worry. The author gives just enough backstory to get the reader up to speed without spoiling the mystery in the first book. I would not hesitate to recommend this book to fans of cozy mysteries. A clever title for an equally clever story!(less)

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Feb 23, 2013 Adrienne Testa rated it 4 of 5 stars

Katie Bonner, manager and owner of the Artisan Alley is at it again, uncovering a dead body. The niece of Rose, Katie's friend is found in the wall of the mansion people are renovating. Detective Davenport is not to happy, when it turns out the niece was murdered and Katie just cant mind her own business. Katie and Rose ask questions about Rose's niece making people nervous that the truth will be revealed. A twenty year mystery murder, current murders and a porn movie linking a famous director t...more

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Jun 21, 2012 Kelley rated it 4 of 5 stars

This was a great book and story. I had sort of figured out who did it, but it didn't make the story line any less enjoyable. The last couple of chapters really held my attention and were some of the author's best stuff. I was getting annoyed with the fact there were a lot of disagreeable characters in the book, but the way it all played out in the end took care of that! I am not sure how I feel about Katie and her boyfriend, Andy, though. Andy doesn't seem to care that much about her and seems t...more

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Jun 30, 2012 Lindig rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery

A slog. For a book that should have taken a couple of hours to read, it has dragged on for days now. I kept getting so annoyed at Katie for allowing herself to be so stressed by her "friends" and even more annoyed at her boyfriend's attitude. And I didn't care about the mystery at all; it seemed contrived. I'm always amazed at business owners who have time to run all over town all the time and just chuck the business into someone else's hands; most of the owners I know work 50+ hours a week. Any...more

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May 01, 2013 Susan rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery-new-york

Katie has long dreamed of buying and renovating Webster House, but it seems that it will never happen. Someone else has purchased the place, but when Katie goes to welcome the new people, in her capacity as president of the merchants' association, she's right on the spot when a skeleton is found in the walls. A locket identifies the skeleton as Heather, the long-missing niece of Katie's friend, elderly Rose. Heather's long-ago death has repercussions to the present, as the very busy Katie adds i...more

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Mar 25, 2012 Linda rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorite-authors, mystery

Great story and great characters............quite a sense of humor in Katie Booner, the protagonist. Once the story got going it was hard to put down so I read it in almost one sitting. As so often happens Katie, the center of the story stumbles onto a body............seventh sense or what?

Under the name Lorna Barrett, Lorraine Bartlett also writes the Booktown Series which I am truly hooked on. I expect to continue this Victorian Square Series too. She makes the whole story come to life with s...more

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Aug 20, 2012 Erin rated it 4 of 5 stars

I am giving this four stars because it was well written, kept my attention and I didn't guess the killer at all. But I want to point out a few annoying details..first, the main character Katie is described as being age 30..however, nothing about the way she thinks, speaks, or acts makes her appear this age...she is way more like a woman in her 50's. Secondly, some of her comments were just annoying..like when she assumes someone could be a murderer just because they have an NRA belt buckle. Real...more

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Mar 11, 2013 Cathy Cole rated it 4 of 5 stars

First Line: Steam seeped through the airholes in the Angelo's pizza box, along with the aroma of melted mozzarella, pepperoni, sauce, and spices.

Having a boyfriend who owns a pizza place has its perks, although Katie Bonner is secretly getting rather tired of pepperoni. And whenever she walks into Artisans Alley and looks across the square to the old Webster mansion, she feels a twinge. If her late husband hadn't invested all their savings in the craft mall, the Webster mansion would have been h...more

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Aug 09, 2012 Erin rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: cozy mystery fans

Shelves: mystery, cozy-mystery, contemporary, story-doorway, clean-reads

Katie Bonner and her late husband, Chad, had been scrimping and saving for years to buy the old Webster mansion and turn it into a bed-and-breakfast, but before his death, Chad took their savings and invested instead in Artisans Alley, a struggling craft market. It will take years for Katie to get out of debt now, and in the meantime someone else has purchased the aging home and begun renovations. When Katie takes a pizza over to welcome the new business owners to the neighborhood, she is reward...more Katie Bonner and her late husband, Chad, had been scrimping and saving for years to buy the old Webster mansion and turn it into a bed-and-breakfast, but before his death, Chad took their savings and invested instead in Artisans Alley, a struggling craft market. It will take years for Katie to get out of debt now, and in the meantime someone else has purchased the aging home and begun renovations. When Katie takes a pizza over to welcome the new business owners to the neighborhood, she is rewarded with an opportunity to swing a sledgehammer and take down an unwanted interior wall. Taking her aggression and disappointment out on the drywall feels so good, she doesn't even notice at first when her efforts uncover the plastic-wrapped body of a young woman entombed between the studs. The girl turns out to be the niece of Katie's friend Rose. Heather has been missing for 22 years, and when Detective Davenport seems disinclined to work very hard on solving the crime, Rose begs Katie to help find the murderer. Meanwhile, there are vendor feuds to soothe, matron-of-honor duties to fulfill, and a new apartment to find, all before next week.

The Walled Flower is book two in the Victoria Square Mystery series set in the fictional town of McKinlay Mill, New York. Bartlett also writes cozy mysteries under the name Lorna Barrett. Either way, I enjoy her stories. They are good, quick escapist reads. I do wish her main characters had better love interests, though. If you're going to include new boyfriends, why have them be so...unromantic and unsupportive? There is such a thing as too incidental to a person's life--I have no faith that either relationship could possibly survive without serious improvement and communication. It feels like Bartlett/Barrett doesn't actually like men, or at least not her romantic leads, which is sad and frustrating, since I read for character as much as for story.

For readers' advisors: story doorway is primary, and there is no swearing or onscreen sex or violence.(less)

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Feb 06, 2012 Fred rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Walled Flower is the second book in the A Victoria Square Mystery series.

Katie Bonner and her late husband had there hearts set on the old Webster mansion, at the the edge of Artisans Alley. But here husband invested all their savings in Artisans Alley and soon after was killed in a car crash. Now she is the owner of Artisans Alley and barely making a go of it.

She comes to work one morning to find a young couple renovating the mansion that should have been hers. Katie swallows her pride and...more

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Mar 21, 2012 Carol rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: cozies

I liked it, but the plot was a little too busy for me - too many threads and people to keep track of. There were the deaths, past and present; Katie looking for a new home; serving as matron of honor; having boyfriend issues; dealing with crafter conflicts; etc. I know it was a lot for Katie to juggle, too, but for me as a reader, I found myself wondering "Now, what auction are they going to?" "Who's this guy again?" and other clueless thoughts. It was a lot to pack into a cozy.

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Mar 31, 2012 Melanie Smith rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is the second book in this new series. I read the first book and had to patiently wait for The Walled Flower to be released. Patience is not easy for me, especially when I am waiting for a new release. I was not disappointed. Thank goodness I received this on a Saturday! I could not put it down and was glad that my waiting was over. I am so glad that Ms. Bonner decided to stay in "Victoria Square". I love each and every character. It is a lot to keep up with since there is a lot on Ms. Bonn...more

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Dec 26, 2012 Moondance rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: cozy, mystery, small-business, woman-sleuth, crafts

Katie wanted to renovate the Webster mansion and open a bed and breakfast. Her late husband invested in the Artisan Alley and crushed her dream. The new owners offer her the chance to knock out a wall and she discovers the bones of a long missing person. Dueling vendors, a Victoria Square wedding, an old Betamax and cinnamon rolls! A fun fast read. 3.5 stars

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Apr 11, 2013 Nora-adrienne rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: cozies

Outrageously good story.. slam bang, bodies piling up... anger and frustration are the words of the day. Super surprise ending that will literally blow you out of your seat.

Read the story, love the story, let the author know how much you loved the story.

Thank you Brooklyn Public Library for actually stocking this great book.

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Apr 15, 2013 Mary Havlovic rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: cozies

Katie Bonner continues to work at making the Artisian Alley a viable business. Rose Nash, a woman who works at Artisians Alley finally receives word that her niece Heather has been found....dead behind a wall at the Webster Mansion. Who killed Heather and why? The plot thickens and there are a variety of people who turn up as possible suspects...some even wind up dead. It's a good read

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Mar 12, 2012 Marge rated it 1 of 5 stars

I just can not like Katie at all. She is manipulative, self-centered and not very nice to Andy the person she supposedly loves. I'm sure in the next book she will expect Andy to buy her the B&B prospect, simply because she wants it. With "eyes blazing" (<-direct quote from book) Katie was infuriated because Andy was using his property to further his business instead of giving her the apartment she WANTED. But never fear, Katie is already scheming about moving in furniture and redecorating...more

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Aug 31, 2012 Tina rated it 3 of 5 stars

Nice interesting read. The characters are very human in this one, no one is perfect and it rings true to life. No one is running around doing things someone not a police office would ever get away with or any of the other such stuff people do in most mysteries so it was refreshing.

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Lorraine Bartlett writes the New York Times bestselling Victoria Square Mysteries. A Crafty Killing (2011); The Walled Flower (2012); One Hot Murder (2013), and the companion to the series, Recipes To Die For: A Victoria Square Cookbook.

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The Walled Flower (A Victoria Square Mystery #2)

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