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Wish You Were Here (Mrs. Murphy, #1)

Rita Mae Brown,

Sneaky Pie Brown

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Jan 03, 2011 Lisa (Harmonybites) rated it it was ok

Shelves: crime, contemporary, mystery, fiction, novels, ultimate-reading-list

I didn't get far in this one before giving up. This novel fits the subgenre of "cozy mystery" which I'm not very fond of. Basically, the kind of mystery that could fit a network movie of the week or series without anything graphic or too dark, and an amateur sleuth who finds so much murder landing at the doorstop of her small town you'd think the FBI would put her on a list of suspected serial killers.

And, of course, such a work needs a gimmick. Herbs, dogs, recipes, quilts... The gimmick in th ...more

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Sep 27, 2023 Diana rated it liked it

Brown is such an interesting writer and so is this fun Southern charm series. Corgis and cats living together and solving the mysteries of the universe.

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