Waiter, There's a Clue in My Soup! Five Short Mysteries

by Camille LaGuire

Five light mystery short stories: from puzzles like "Waiter, There's a Clue in My Soup!", "The Hoosegow Strangler," and "Trail of the Lonesome Stickpin," to suspense in "Alibi" and "The Promise." These stories were previously published in magazines like Handheld Crime and Futures Mysterious Anthology. Several of these stories were nominated for a Derringer Award or put forward for an Edgar.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Short Stories, Ebooks, Mystery Thriller, Collections, Amazon

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First published August 4, 2010

Reviews

[Zain]

An Oldie…

This is a new author for me.

I think that this collection of short stories is very nice. All five of them are very interesting and I think that the writing is clever.

Reminds me of some of the Agatha Christie mysteries that I have read.

Have that “old-school” smell. 😎

[Candy]

The title story is definitely the best of the bunch in this collection of short stories and sample chapters of another book of the author's. It was cute, BUT from the title, I was envisioning a little more of the cozy mystery sleuth-type genre. Not a bad little short story collection, but not what I was expecting.

The other stories are well-done and edited. I read the sample chapters as well and I might look into the book, but it's not really my cup of usual tea, but I did add it to my list to think about! I like short stories, but sometimes I feel like I'm just getting into the author's rhythm when the story ends so I'm willing to give her work another shot for sure.

This is recommended for people that like light Westerns, I think, with a little bit of humor on top.

[Bre Mckae]

I read this book during Vaultathon.

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Overall:
I’m not going to spend much time on this title… this was a complete mess and I didn’t really like or hated most of these,,, The first one was the only good one. Some were just ok, but there were TERRIBLE ones too. Only 1 was worth the read.

[Kandi A. Hudson]

Unique Stories

These stories are crime stories of various kinds and settings from one where two detectives are trying to figure out a murder during dinner to one which is an old fashioned western setting. All are unique, a bit rough, and a bit raw. A couple had a bit of adult language and other dialog. Overall, not my favorite genre but a couple were nominated for awards so these are good examples of this particular genre of mystery.

[Nancy Alexander]

Who Done-It?

These were 5 Short Stories that were more Who Done-It’s than typical Mysteries except for the last one-The Promise. That was an Historical Western Adventure. Three were Westerns & two were modern and were well written.

[jospeh jack]

WONDERFUL STORYLINE!😍IN EACH MYSTERY STORY ❤!BUY IT NOW!😍😊😀

WHAT A WONDERFUL SET OF MYSTERY STORIES,GREAT 👍 CHARACTERS AND WELL WRITTEN TOO!😍 I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK!😍I THINK YOU SHOULD HURRY AND GET THIS BOOK! 😍😊😀😀

[Little Red Readinghood]

Short stories, mysteries, western sharp shooters a coworker and his gal. Thumbs up.

[Greg]

Sadly, this book did not live up to my expectations OR to the publisher's description. Not bad, just "meh" Thanks to Kindle for letting me read it, though.

[Luke A. Bunker]

In all fairness, I'd probably give this 3.5 stars, and within in a few minutes changed it from 3 to 4 because 3 didn't seem fair. Contrary to other reviewers, I thought the first story (about a clue in soup) was hard to follow and somewhat pointless. What followed were four Western- and frontier-themed short stories, which I liked, even if they did tend to repeat statements in the individuals stories a bit too much.

All in all, I like this author's writing style and might give her other stuff a try.

[Jimilyn]

I've been spending a lot of time at the hospital with a family member who had surgery, so I've been trying to choose some short, easy reads (so much coming and going). That's what this collection of short stories delivered. A light, breezy reading. The gunslinger mysteries weren't my cup of tea, but they were entertaining enough. Nothing complicated so when doctors, nurses, and therapists came in, I could easily put the story down and pick up later.

[Wendy]

I thought these were going to be more whodunnit type stories, like the first one, but they turned out to be more western themed. They were not badly written, but not really my cup of tea. I liked the Mick and Casey ones least, so I didn't read the teaser chapters for the novel.

[Maria Schneider]

Decent short stories a couple of which are "locked room" ones. Very well done. The first was the lightest, but the best. Came together well. The others are nice, competent mysteries with the last being a very dark tale. The later part of the book is the first few chapters of a book.

[Bettye McKee]

These are good little stories

I don't know about mysteries, but these little stories are good reading.

It only takes a few pages for the author to give you the complete story with a satisfying solution.

[John]

Very enjoyable. Well written.

[Audra]

They were short stories. I like them well enough, some were not as interesting as I would have liked.

[~Gen hearts books.~]

- 2.5 stars

[Ron]

Stories were not too compelling.

[Michelle's Book]

I was given an ARC in exchange for my honest opinion. This book cover is on my Pinterest board and my blog, Michelle Dragalin’s Journey.

[Samantha]

A fun collection of short mysteries

[Julie Gardner]

Not bad for short stories

Two of the stories were hard to follow. They needed to be set up a little better. Letting the reader know the timeline.

[Devi]

Amazing book, the way the mysteries are solved are interesting

[Nakia]

Nice and short. She's a good author and I think I'll look for her other works.