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"Scarlett Elizabeth Parker, put down the MoonPie and listen to me," Vivian Tremont ordered.
Scarlett and Vivian are cousins that inherited their grandmother's hat shop in London. Scarlett has always lived in Florida while Viv continued to keep Mim's Whims running in London. After a disastrous encounter with her boyfriend goes viral, Scarlett heads to London to get a grip on her life. She learns from childhood friend Harrison that Viv has gone missing before her arrival. Scarlett attempts to keep ...more
Scarlett and Vivian are cousins that inherited their grandmother's hat shop in London. Scarlett has always lived in Florida while Viv continued to keep Mim's Whims running in London. After a disastrous encounter with her boyfriend goes viral, Scarlett heads to London to get a grip on her life. She learns from childhood friend Harrison that Viv has gone missing before her arrival. Scarlett attempts to keep ...more

What a fun start to a wonderful new series!! Scarlett Parker flees Florida, and the humiliation of a bad relationship that ended quite publicly, to join her cousin in London. They jointly own a popular hat shop that was bestowed on them by their beloved grandma. Scarlett is in for a surprise when her cousin mysteriously disappears and a wealthy socialite is found murdered, wearing only a hat she just bought from the shop. Throw in a witty main character, a handful of quirky loveable characters a
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Enjoyed this new mystery series from Jenn McKinlay. MC arrives in London, fleeing a bad breakup gone viral, to discover that her cousin has gone missing. She spent summers in London at the hat shop owned by her aunt and now she co-owns it. The characters are likeable and some are eccentric. There are sparks between Scarlett and a childhood playmate - He's all grownup now. And of course there's murder, attempted murder, and burglary just to keep things interesting. It takes combined insights to c
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I enjoyed this story. The London setting really helped it a lot. The characters were good and the heroine wasn't TSTL for the most part. The killer was a real piece of work (view spoiler)
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Cloche and Dagger Book 1 in the series.
Scarlet and her cousin Vivian had inherited their Mim's hat shop. Vivian had been running it by herself for a few years, but she has asked Scarlet to come to England to help her run the shop. But when she arrives, it isn't her cousin who greets her but an old friend who is still mad that she had dumped him to chase after another, when they were younger. Vivian has disappeared without a trace, telling no one where she had gone. While this is happening, Sca ...more
Scarlet and her cousin Vivian had inherited their Mim's hat shop. Vivian had been running it by herself for a few years, but she has asked Scarlet to come to England to help her run the shop. But when she arrives, it isn't her cousin who greets her but an old friend who is still mad that she had dumped him to chase after another, when they were younger. Vivian has disappeared without a trace, telling no one where she had gone. While this is happening, Sca ...more

I love Ms. McKinlay's Cupcake Shop series and was really curious to see how shw would pull off a hat shop mystery. Pull it off she did! I loved the characters and found the millinery talk interesting. Can't wait to see what happens next!
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