Pane and Suffering (A Webb's Glass Shop Mystery, #1) in Crazy Challenge Connection

Jul 29, 2015 Barb rated it really liked it

Shelves: cozy, e-book, series-firsts

Savannah comes home to St. Petersburg to attend her father's funeral, then sell his glass shop to his partner before returning to Seattle to finish preparations for a show of her glass-blown pieces. Unfortunately for her, things don't always go as planned, and she must make several decisions she's not prepared to make.

I've always been fascinated by stained glass pieces, and have even tried my hand at making them myself, so I couldn't resist the chance to read a book centered around the art. The ...more

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Aug 04, 2015 Moondance rated it really liked it

Shelves: cozy, small-business, woman-sleuth, crafts, small-town, dogs, bingo, florida, glass, asperger-syndrome

Savannah fingered the key ring her late father had used only a week ago.

Savannah Webb has returned to St. Petersburg, Florida to attend her father's funeral and fill in at his stained glasd shop. Family friend, hugh is suppose to take over the business but he is found dead in the shop of an apparent heart attack. Savannah is left to continue her dad's classes and decide what to do with the shop. Pub owner, Edward steps forward to help her along with student, Amanda.

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Jun 24, 2016 Lindsay♫SingerOfStories♫ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2016-reads, wobble16

This was a really great cozy mystery--really one of the better ones I've read. I love reading crafty cozies with authors who are thorough in their knowledge of whatever the topic is, and this is one of those topics. I know nothing about stained glass and I feel like I learned something. Very interesting! Also, sometimes cozy heroines just get so nosy and drive me batty. Not in this case. In this book, Savannah took things in moderation and seemed responsible and reasonable. EXCEPT for her blabbe ...more

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Apr 07, 2017 Kimberly rated it really liked it

Shelves: cozy-mystery

Savannah quickly flies to St. Petersburg, Florida when she receives the tragic news that her father has suffered a heart attack and passed away. Devastated, she steps in to settle his affairs and determine what it will take to sell his business, Webb's Glass Shop. Along the way she discovers her real calling as well as another dead body. She will have to deal with people eager to make a deal, decipher hidden coded messages and flirt with an English pub owner as she solves a couple murders.

I've Savannah quickly flies to St. Petersburg, Florida when she receives the tragic news that her father has suffered a heart attack and passed away. Devastated, she steps in to settle his affairs and determine what it will take to sell his business, Webb's Glass Shop. Along the way she discovers her real calling as well as another dead body. She will have to deal with people eager to make a deal, decipher hidden coded messages and flirt with an English pub owner as she solves a couple murders.

I've received numerous recommendations for this series and I'm so glad I finally got around to starting it!!! First off, the glass facts and descriptions were really fascinating. You can tell that it's a topic that the author is very well educated on. I sometime loose interest reading other craft cozies that go into meticulous details, but I truly found this one very interesting. Second, I really liked the main character, Savannah. Don't you dare call her Vanna. It was refreshing to see her actually grieving the death of her father. I've read numerous cozies over the years and it baffles me that you don't see this more often. Especially when it's someone the protagonist is related to or has known for a long time. It made Savannah seem incredibly real!! I also enjoyed the fact that she was a cicerone (beer sommelier). She truly came across as a strong lead and I look forward to watching her character develop with the series. The side characters were great too. I already adore Edward and loved that a character with Aspergers was included too.

I was pleasantly surprised and excited to see that geocaching was a main topic in this book. My family and I have enjoyed geocaching since 2011. You don't stumble across too many people who actually know about it. The author again described it perfectly and included detailed descriptions on this unique scavenger hunt game. I also thoroughly enjoyed the ciphers and many puzzles that the author included throughout the book for her characters to solve. Again, I'm familiar with several of them from completing mystery geocaches over the years so it was fun to recozgnize them.

Overall, this was an excellent start to a new series. I may have figured out the culprit fairly early on, but it was fun to watch the characters put the clues together. I'm definitely looking forward to starting the sequel!!!

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