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The Mournful Teddy (A Bear Collector's Mystery #1)
by John J. Lamb
by John J. Lamb
Lisa Kay's review
bookshelves: genre-mystery, setting-usa-virginia, 2012-in-2012-group-challenge, reviewed-by-me, authors-j, authors-l, male-pov, all-time-favorites, challenge-titanic
Apr 10, 12
bookshelves: genre-mystery, setting-usa-virginia, 2012-in-2012-group-challenge, reviewed-by-me, authors-j, authors-l, male-pov, all-time-favorites, challenge-titanic
Read on April 10, 2012
Steiff Black Teddy Bear, a Titanic commemorative keepsake, sold for $136,000/91,750 pounds in 2000 at Christie’s.
★★★★★ They say write what you know and that certainly holds true here for John J. Lamb. Loved this first in the Bear Collector’s Mystery series! Mr. Lamb, a retired San Francisco policeman, writes about a retired SF cop, Brad Lyon. (Lamb to Lyon? Cute.)
Instead of another dead groundhog, Brad’s Old English Sheepdog, Kitchener, finds a dead body down by the river. Knowing it is a homicide – not a suicide – he backs off when warned away by the sheriff. That is until the local law goes a step too far, then Brad’s in the thick of the investigation and presenting the reader with a compelling mystery.
Shenandoah Valley, Virginia
There was a lot happening in this picturesque little town, but all the storylines converge, after some interesting twists, to make a wonderful, interesting cozy that I couldn’t put down. Loved the relationship between the protagonist and his teddy bear-making wife, Ashleigh. Looking forward to more of this series.
★★★★★ They say write what you know and that certainly holds true here for John J. Lamb. Loved this first in the Bear Collector’s Mystery series! Mr. Lamb, a retired San Francisco policeman, writes about a retired SF cop, Brad Lyon. (Lamb to Lyon? Cute.)
Instead of another dead groundhog, Brad’s Old English Sheepdog, Kitchener, finds a dead body down by the river. Knowing it is a homicide – not a suicide – he backs off when warned away by the sheriff. That is until the local law goes a step too far, then Brad’s in the thick of the investigation and presenting the reader with a compelling mystery.
Shenandoah Valley, Virginia
There was a lot happening in this picturesque little town, but all the storylines converge, after some interesting twists, to make a wonderful, interesting cozy that I couldn’t put down. Loved the relationship between the protagonist and his teddy bear-making wife, Ashleigh. Looking forward to more of this series.
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