Sign in with Facebook
Loading...
52nd out of 144 books
—
111 voters
Cloaked in Malice (A Vintage Magic Mystery #5)
by
Annette Blair (Goodreads Author)
There's nothing Maddie loves more than fabulous vintage clothes, but the visions she gets while touching them are starting to wear her down. Even so, when a beautifully dressed girl comes to Vintage Magic in search of her past, Maddie isn't about to turn her away, especially since she bears a striking resemblance to her good friend DollySweet.
When Maddie touches Paisley S...more
When Maddie touches Paisley S...more
Mass Market Paperback, 284 pages
Published
July 3rd 2012
by Berkley Prime Crime
(first published 2012)
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
Community Reviews
(showing
1-30
of
879)
I was intrigued by the premise of this book. There are so many books out there dealing with some type of paranormal activity or ability, so it was great to find one that dealt with the art of divination, or psychometry. It also had a good storyline – a mystery shrouded in time, centered on a piece of children's clothing presented by a mysterious young woman.
Unfortunately, that young woman, Paisley Skye, was not someone that I thought was a good person. True, she had a less than normal upbringing...more
Unfortunately, that young woman, Paisley Skye, was not someone that I thought was a good person. True, she had a less than normal upbringing...more
2.5 stars, ranging on the lower half of the scale.
This book showed promise, it had an interesting premise. Unfortunately I got too frustrated with one of the characters that the mystery centered around, Paisley Skye.
Paisley Skye grew up on an island with only two people that she can remember, Mam and Pap. She claims she never met any other people in the world, never even left the island before in her life. (as the story progresses we find this to be true). But Paisley is way too comfortable arou...more
This book showed promise, it had an interesting premise. Unfortunately I got too frustrated with one of the characters that the mystery centered around, Paisley Skye.
Paisley Skye grew up on an island with only two people that she can remember, Mam and Pap. She claims she never met any other people in the world, never even left the island before in her life. (as the story progresses we find this to be true). But Paisley is way too comfortable arou...more
A strange girl shows up at Maddie's shop one day who grew up on an island and has no idea who she is. And since she looks a bit like Maddie's friend Dolly, Mad decides to find out who this girl is. So she and her bf take the girl back to the secret island she grew up on to help uncover her past. The farm she lived on seemed a bit like something out of a horror movie, dead bodies and scary rooms and an electric fence. Thought it seemed odd that she grew up without any other people but her parents...more
Cloaked in Malice was about a young girl named Maddie who loves vintage clothes. The weird thing is that whenever she touches the vintage clothing, she gets vision that she has no clue about. But one time a beautiful girls comes to search Maddie's past. The creepy thing is that the girl looks exactly like her good friend Dolly sweet. When she touches that young girl's cloak, the visions is horrible. It was about a kidnap and murder. Maddie asks her FBI agent boyfriend Nick to help sort this myst...more
In this slightly different approach, our psychic sleuth, Madiera Cutler finds herself befriending a 'Missing Person.'
A customer comes to Maddie with a valise of children's clothing. The customer is vague but holds a startling resemblance to Mad's favorite Centenarian, Dolly Sweet.
The pace is quick in solving this mystery from page one until Dolly's 104th birthday at the ending.
There are murders, fortresses, kidnappings, spys, trips to France and more as Maddie and her beau, Nick try to solve th...more
A customer comes to Maddie with a valise of children's clothing. The customer is vague but holds a startling resemblance to Mad's favorite Centenarian, Dolly Sweet.
The pace is quick in solving this mystery from page one until Dolly's 104th birthday at the ending.
There are murders, fortresses, kidnappings, spys, trips to France and more as Maddie and her beau, Nick try to solve th...more
this one fell a little flat for me. a lot of the jokes in it were not that funny and the mystery was a little lacking at times. I didn't see the bad guy coming but that's because there was no slow build up of significant clues it was more like a fact dumping and most of them were dumped in the last few chapters. also the vintage clothes reading added nothing to the story it was just there so that the author could describe what went down without doing a past jump. oh and the character growth was...more
This was a great story that captured my attention immediately and the fast-paced action didn't stop until the revealing conclusion. A young woman’s past a puzzle to her future and with a touch of her clothing Maddie is taken on a ride that is filled with intrigued and doesn’t stop until the young woman’s identity is exposed with ties to one of the people in Maddie’s circle of friends. The mystery surround her life was fun to see come apart and I also enjoyed watching both Maddie and Nick work th...more
I love me some Maddie Cutler. I liked this installment of the Vintage Magic series. It wasn't my favorite book in the series, but the story was exciting and kept me entertained, especially Maddie's inventive sewing terms she uses in place of curse words. The question of whether Paisley Skye is a friend or foe kept up the suspense. I think my main problem right now with the series is I really love Werner! Nick's alright, but Werner--he's the guy Maddie should really be with. Also, Eve is almost n...more
Good book. I always enjoy the stories of Maddie and her visions and this one was no exception. Things had been pretty calm lately when a girl comes into the shop with a cloak she wants some information about. When Maddie touched that cloak though, she saw a scene of murder and kidnapping. This sets her off on her inevitable search for the truth. I love Maddie's persistence in trying to figure out how all the pieces fit together. I was glad to see that this time she included Nick in the process....more
Vintage clothing is not something I am interested in, but you don't need to be to adore this series! Blair's paranormal romances or mysteries often evolve around main characters, who are witches with a cat and love vintage clothing. Yet I never tire of Blair's witches, as I love each and every one of them. Although all her witches are great, I have to admit Maddie Cutler reigns supreme in my list of favourite Blair witches. She has such a warm, loving and sparkly personality.
Maddie has a powerf...more
Maddie has a powerf...more
A visit to Mystick Falls, Connecticut is always fun. This one was not as light-hearted but just as enjoyable. The drama centers around an innocent young lady, vintage clothing, Dolly who is 104 years old, Paris and a shooting. Life is disrupted again for Vintage Dress Shop owner Maddie Cutler when she encounters a child's winter coat. . . If you have followed this series you will love this new read. If you haven't begun to read the vintage clothing, please treat yourself to a series that will re...more
On the strength of its improvement over the last title, I'm giving this a 3 instead of the 2 or 2.5 it probably deserves.
There was a fairly major plot-solution ommission at the end as well as a POV slip, but over-all this had a lot fewer of the annoying features of previous titles. There were whole chunks of text that didn't feature Mad's use of sewing terms/tool names as substitutes for real language! Of course, that made them stand out more when they reappeared... Paisley was, I thought, very...more
There was a fairly major plot-solution ommission at the end as well as a POV slip, but over-all this had a lot fewer of the annoying features of previous titles. There were whole chunks of text that didn't feature Mad's use of sewing terms/tool names as substitutes for real language! Of course, that made them stand out more when they reappeared... Paisley was, I thought, very...more
This was the first Annette Blair book I read, and it certainly won't be the last. At first I was taken a bit aback by the quirky character of Paisley (not the heroine but the source of the mystery), but I absolutely loved this book, and now I'm going to go find the first 4 books in the series. Plus, I see that Ms. Blair has several other series, so now I get to play catch up and gloom on her other series. Yay for me!
I loved this book (and all the other vintage mysteries), however, as much as I love romance and romance novels, I felt like the PDA's between Nick and Madeira were a little too much. I may be a little biased because I prefer detective Werner, but still, all the smoochie kissy stuff took a little away from the mystery and story line for me.
Maddie and Nick, along with Dolly and the crew have reached new heights. We are now going to be drawn into finding the past life of the stranger that shows up at Maddie's store and finding who she is. The depth of the story and its characters head into directions that are definitely out of their comfort zones and they all perform with panache.
Not the best in the series, but still a breezy read. There are no new dead bodies, but only dead bodies recovered from a long ago history. Madeira Cutler's visions with vintage clothes did not push the story forward, but rather confirmed suspicions and theories. The mystery surrounding the appearance of a strange woman in their town could be solved without the visions.
LOVED it! Annette pulled another stunner out of her head, and I can't wait for the next Vintage Magic book! I was so drawn into the story that for the first time ever, I actually flipped to the end of the book, only to force myself to not read the ending!
A kidnapping plot involving murder, lost of a finger and clowns certainly was out of the ordinary. I lost a little of the back plot, but it didn't really matter, the rest was so entertaining.
These books are a light read and a little cheesy in places. However, I enjoy reading about Maddie's vintage clothing shop, the visions she gets when she touches old clothing, and the mysteries that follow.
The mystery in this book is very convoluted, covering decades. Just when you think you know what happened the author throws in another twist. It definitely kept me reading.
good book kept my interest but in the end it feels like she pulled back from all the sinister plot drama building up and felt it was to dark to follow thru with.
Fantastic!
Another incredible addition to this series!
Maddie is so cool! I really wish I could wander around her shop for a day.
Dolly sounds like a fascinating person, and I bet she has some really awesome stories to tell over tea and cookies.
Eve seems really cool!
Alex is a great brother, rushing to the rescue at just the right time.
Nick needs to work on his jealousy and needs to help Maddie accept her gift.
Lytton is wonderful, if I were Mad I probably would have chosen him.
I think he would be go...more
Another incredible addition to this series!
Maddie is so cool! I really wish I could wander around her shop for a day.
Dolly sounds like a fascinating person, and I bet she has some really awesome stories to tell over tea and cookies.
Eve seems really cool!
Alex is a great brother, rushing to the rescue at just the right time.
Nick needs to work on his jealousy and needs to help Maddie accept her gift.
Lytton is wonderful, if I were Mad I probably would have chosen him.
I think he would be go...more
This is a fun series, about a woman who runs a vintage clothing store, and can "read" old clothes-- put herself inside the skin of a person who wore the clothing in the past.
Nicely done, over all, as I'd been getting a leeetle tired of the whole "OMG, I touched this dress and discovered someone was MURDERED" thing.
This is the first book I've read in this series. Although I liked the characters I found the plot wrapped up too neatly and wasn't very believable.
I didn't like this one as much as previous ones. It was missing the characters that I love. They were there briefly, but not enough and I found Paisley annoying.
Vintage clothing with a story to tell, a psychic who experiences the story, family secrets and a mystery to boot. What could be better?
This is the first book I read by this author and I just could not get into it with the ghosts no one sees but her...
I picked this up at HPB desperate for something to read. I'm glad I did, now to find more of her books
I really like this series, but didn't care for this book. The mystery this time was far too convoluted.
There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one »
Annette Blair's romantic comedies owe their beginnings to a root canal and a reluctant trip to Salem Massachusetts. Though she had once proclaimed she'd never write a contemporary, she stumbled into the serendipitous role of Accidental Witch Writer on that trip. Funny how she managed to eat her words even with an aching jaw. Magic or destiny; Annette's Bewitching Romantic Comedies became her first...more
More about Annette Blair...
Share This Book
No trivia or quizzes yet. Add some now »
May 16, 2013 12:57pm