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I Scream, You Scream (A Mystery a La Mode #1)
Recently divorced Tallulah Jones is mortified when she?s stuck scooping sundaes for her two-timing ex-husband?and his bodacious new girlfriend, Brittanie?at his company luau.
But when Brittanie drops dead, Tally is suddenly the prime suspect in her murder investigation. To catch the killer, Tally will have to dip deep into her small Texan town?s darkest secrets and churn u...more
But when Brittanie drops dead, Tally is suddenly the prime suspect in her murder investigation. To catch the killer, Tally will have to dip deep into her small Texan town?s darkest secrets and churn u...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
October 6th 2009
by Signet
(first published August 29th 2009)
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It was ok. I don't read cozies for the mystery. Which is just as well, because here, the murderer was blindingly obvious - Tally spent so much time looking at the opposite direction. The motive was barely there. There was a point in the book where I thought it would get interesting - (view spoiler) - but that was wiped out pretty quick.
So why d...more
So why d...more
1st in series:
What a sweep scoop delicious Texas fun with a murder served on top.
Tally Jones becomes the prime suspect when her ex husbands newest piece of candy turns up dead after a social function that Tally helped cater. All fingers point to Tally when the police find empty ice cream cups laced with anti-freeze instead of the specialty green drizzle topping.
This was an easy going cozy mystery that kept a good pace. Unlike most cozy mysteries, our main characer doesnt get attacked, threatni...more
What a sweep scoop delicious Texas fun with a murder served on top.
Tally Jones becomes the prime suspect when her ex husbands newest piece of candy turns up dead after a social function that Tally helped cater. All fingers point to Tally when the police find empty ice cream cups laced with anti-freeze instead of the specialty green drizzle topping.
This was an easy going cozy mystery that kept a good pace. Unlike most cozy mysteries, our main characer doesnt get attacked, threatni...more
Tallulah Jones is newly divorced and struggling to keep her fledging ice cream parlor, Remember the A-la-mode off the ground. Unfortunately, part of keeping her business solvent means agreeing to cater the dessert for her ex-husband Wayne's annual Weed & Seed party. This year the party is to have a luau theme, and Wayne wants bright neon green, his business theme color, to be featured in the ice cream desserts. Tally can manage to whip up a green topping for some tropical sundaes, carefully...more
I put off reading this book because the cover really put me off. I thought it was going to be a sticky sweet kind of chick lit and really boring book; however, it was an interesting fun read. The characters are fun and quirky.
Tally owns an ice cream shop and caters her ex-husband's party, and his Barbie doll girlfriend dies at the party. Tally, of course, is blamed with the murder, so she sets out to find the real culprit. Her cousin Bree and niece Alison help her investigate.
Tally owns an ice cream shop and caters her ex-husband's party, and his Barbie doll girlfriend dies at the party. Tally, of course, is blamed with the murder, so she sets out to find the real culprit. Her cousin Bree and niece Alison help her investigate.
This book was a quick read. It has a lot of great humor and since it's centered around a fictitious version of a town I live near, it was fun to see how the town was re-shaped. The book starts off with a teeth-gnashing scene involving Tallulah Jones and her ex-husband and his current squeeze. I felt for Tally and wanted her to wallop them, but alas, she's forced by necessity to play nice. And then... said squeeze ends up dead and Tally has a real pickle on her hands trying to figure out who kill...more
Meh. That was my thought as I finished this book.
There was not much I particularly liked or made an impression on me, maybe except the ice cream recipes at the back. I kept thinking that the main character was too evident, she insisted in snooping around yet got caught in every single attempt, the police was incredibly dumb and obviously knew nothing about investigating a murder, the mystery wasn't so mysterious after all, etc.
The one thing I did find admirable was how flawed the writer made eve...more
There was not much I particularly liked or made an impression on me, maybe except the ice cream recipes at the back. I kept thinking that the main character was too evident, she insisted in snooping around yet got caught in every single attempt, the police was incredibly dumb and obviously knew nothing about investigating a murder, the mystery wasn't so mysterious after all, etc.
The one thing I did find admirable was how flawed the writer made eve...more
The Plot: The story revolves around Tally Jones, her ice cream parlor, and her involvement in the murder of her ex-husband's latest romantic conquest. With the added romantic aspect with a handsome stranger from the past, it's safe to claim that this novel won't knock your socks off with its masterful storytelling.
The Setting: It takes place in a supposedly warm Southern town where everybody knows everybody, though I didn't think the author was effective at portraying small town charm.
The Charac...more
The Setting: It takes place in a supposedly warm Southern town where everybody knows everybody, though I didn't think the author was effective at portraying small town charm.
The Charac...more
I would technically give this probably about a 4.5, but I'm going to round up because I really could not find any fault with this book. It may not be particularly groundbreaking, but I felt that it still did everything right. The pacing and the way in which Watson reveals new information is frequent enough to keep boredom at bay without progressing too fast or making the answer painfully obvious. I feel disappointed in a mystery story if I can figure out the "Whodunnit" long before the conclusio...more
This is a first-rate 1st in series cozy mystery! Tallulah Jones has recently divorced her lying, cheating ex and has gone into business with her cousin making & selling their own ice cream creations. The store has a cutesy name, Remember the A-la-Mode (they're in Texas!), and they're trying to make a name for themselves. Tally's ex & his new bimbo hire her to handle the dessert at the ex's company's annual picnic. The bimbo turns up dead from anti-freeze poisoning and suspicion ends up f...more
The cover of this book is very deceiving- it makes "I Scream, You Scream" look like a fluffy/silly/almost immature read, when in reality, it's anything but. I was surprised to find that this book was actually VERY good- well paced, hard to put down, intelligent and really well thought out. I liked all of the characters, the small town setting, and the interplay between Tally and her ex-husband- it was fun and sometimes a bit heartbreaking to see how Tally navigates the murky waters of transition...more
Nov 29, 2010
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Recommended to Bluemoon by:
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It's a pretty good book for my fist cozy mystery. It took me a while longer to read it than I thought, but it was still good. I love Tally and how she's not the conventional heroine, but rather someone who is more similar to a lot of modern women. Although, she's great I think my favorite character is Bree. only because she's so funny!
As for the mystery part, well I'm a sucker for mystery and it was pretty good. It's no Agatha Christie, but it was still entertaining. I kinda figured out who the...more
As for the mystery part, well I'm a sucker for mystery and it was pretty good. It's no Agatha Christie, but it was still entertaining. I kinda figured out who the...more
Cute cozy about Tally Jones, a divorced woman who owns her own ice cream shop and is about to 'work' for her ex-husband and his annoying new girlfriend.
Add to that, her old high school boyfriend is back in town.
She lives with her cousin, Bree (who is actually more like a sister) and her sixteen year old 'niece', Alice in Dalliance Texas - a place that could - to paraphrase from JoAnn Simms - 'put Peyton Place to shame'.
Tally is a little naive, a little innocent and she's spent her whole life try...more
Add to that, her old high school boyfriend is back in town.
She lives with her cousin, Bree (who is actually more like a sister) and her sixteen year old 'niece', Alice in Dalliance Texas - a place that could - to paraphrase from JoAnn Simms - 'put Peyton Place to shame'.
Tally is a little naive, a little innocent and she's spent her whole life try...more
Very cute story!! Tally Jones owns and operates an ice cream store in a small town in Texas. The book opens with her serving obnoxious customers who end up being her cheating, rat bastard ex husband (her words lol) and his new Barbie girlfriend. While less than happy with her patrons she is excited that she landed the catering job for the rat bastards party. Too bad when Barbie drops dead, she ends up taking the blame for it. So what does any self respecting Texan do? She decides to figure out w...more
This book was okay - I almost didn't finish it! For me, some of the characters could be...annoying. I LOVED Tally (the main character), but her cousin, Bree, was too snarky for my taste and Finn, (the love interest from high school), was evasive. What does he want with Tally? The mystery, though, after I waded through my issues, was good! Kept me guessing...I will continue with the series because I really want to see the development of Tally's new-found freedom and independence!
I don't know what it is about mysteries or any of the books I've read set in the South that makes me happy. There can be humor, suspense, thrill, Gothic mystery, what-have-you.
Texas, especially, seems prime for crack-me-up humor and twisted wrong-doin's. I have heard a lot about this series and glad I finally have a couple of them on Mt Git'r'Read. The humorous analogies, colloquialisms, and the names could easily coast and go over the top and take over the mystery. Not this one.
Tally has to so...more
Texas, especially, seems prime for crack-me-up humor and twisted wrong-doin's. I have heard a lot about this series and glad I finally have a couple of them on Mt Git'r'Read. The humorous analogies, colloquialisms, and the names could easily coast and go over the top and take over the mystery. Not this one.
Tally has to so...more
For me this book didn't have the "I have to finish and know the ending kind" of feel to it. I enjoyed the content, it was easy to put down and pick it up again. Good mystery, figuring out who was the murderer. Somewhere along the story, I guess on who the murderer was, unfortunately, the motive for me wasn't clear till it was told at the end. There was a little romance too, to lighten up the story.
Because of some serious time spent in airports due to delays and cancellations, I was able to finish this book during a weekend trip. I can honestly say this book surprised me. I was expecting to like it, but I wasn't expecting to actually laugh out loud as often as I did while reading it. It's not a taxing read at all, and it took me a while to warm up to the supporting characters, but it's entertaining as all get-out, and Tally is an utterly delightful narrator. She's got just the perfect blen...more
I didn’t really care for any of the characters. There are better culinary cozy mysteries (and really tacking one recipe on the end hardly qualifies this one for the “culinary mystery” designation and the language kind of precludes this one from the “cozy” designation as well). I probably won’t bother to read any more from this series
I've been in the mood to read mysteries so I picked this one up at B&N before Christmas and just now got to it. It was pretty good. There were a couple of places in the book that made me go o.O Like when JoAnn admitted that Tally's ex-husband was a sex addict. Really? He had cheated on Tally while they were married, so he's a sex addict? And his sponsor is one of the women he cheated with? I don't think so.
When we got to the end and found out who killed Brittanie, I felt a little let down....more
When we got to the end and found out who killed Brittanie, I felt a little let down....more
I Scream, You Scream is a very fun jaunt into the mystery genre. Poor Tally can't seem to stay out of trouble, but her fiesty oh-no-this-didn't small town Texas additude is hilarious. And I never imagined there existed so many ways to relate emotions with ice cream flavors. A fantastic read I'm definitely recommending.
Usually with the first book in a series it takes time to set up the setting and the characters. Everything fell into place quickly so there wasn't a sense of tedium having to wait for the plot to get going.
I can see the potential for an on again, off again relationship between Tally and Finn. That should be enough to keep me coming back to the series.
I can see the potential for an on again, off again relationship between Tally and Finn. That should be enough to keep me coming back to the series.
adequate mystery but generic and formulaic across the board. I wish that cozy editors believed their audiences had higher IQ's! I also thought it was a little unneccesary that nearly every character slept with the murder victim, including the protaganist's love interest.
I was suprised at how well the author twisted and turned the plot and whodunnit in this book. If I would have gone with my inital gut feeling I would have been right but she masterfully manuvered my attention to many other people. I think it was between a 3 and a 4 star book for me but I really liked Tally and her cousin Bree. The dialouge was fun and I will for sure continue this series!
i like cozy mysteries and found this while searching the library. Tally Jones is an interesting character with alot of gumption. She doesnt really have a hold on her life except her ice cream store. But she was relentless to find the murderer.
This book was highly recommended to me and all I can say is "Thank Heavens." I really enjoyed the story, plot, and characters. And, the added joy of the Ice Cream descriptions kept me wanting a cone...
Can't wait for the next in the series.
Can't wait for the next in the series.
I thought the story was very interesting, the ending was a surprise. This is what I call easy readers as I can put down and pick it up later unless I get very involved as I did nearing the end, wanting to know you did it!
I liked the mystery and the characters (not to mention the ice cream) but I would have liked a little more romance. I understand, though, that it is a series and needs to leave room for development. I can see the potential.
I just grab this book off the shelf at the library, cuz i couldn't find any of the other ones i read..and it was actually pretty good. it didn't take me long to read either, cuz i didn't want to put it down..
This was a cute little mystery and I loved the characters. This is the first novel in the “ice cream” mystery series. This kind of novel is a nice break between heavy-duty romance or paranormal books.
I love that the main character is probably closer to my age or even a bit older.
Guessed who the murderer was but not why they did it. The twist around the murder was good and I did not see that coming.
I have already ordered the next book to read.
I love that the main character is probably closer to my age or even a bit older.
Guessed who the murderer was but not why they did it. The twist around the murder was good and I did not see that coming.
I have already ordered the next book to read.
Sometimes you just want a book you can read in a few hours. No intelligence needed, no lingering thoughts when you're done, just a quick and easy read to clear your mind. That was this book this month.
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Wendy Lyn Watson's checkered past includes stints as a graveyard shift Denny's waitress, a nanny, a video arcade attendant, and a federal court law clerk. These days, Wendy's day job is teaching constitutional law to college kids.
She also writes mysteries ... light, funny mysteries (because what could be funnier than murder?). "I Scream, You Scream: A Mystery a la Mode," the first in a series abou...more
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She also writes mysteries ... light, funny mysteries (because what could be funnier than murder?). "I Scream, You Scream: A Mystery a la Mode," the first in a series abou...more
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