Bell, Book, and Scandal

While I loved hearing the inside scoop on what goes on at a mystery conference, this was far from my favorite Jane Jeffry book. All the regular elements are there -- Jane and Shelley, a mystery, and interesting characters -- but the characters seem to trot in and out without much development. And Ja......more

Not a fan of this author’s writing style. It felt like the author went to one writing convention and decided to write a book about going to a writing convention.......more

An amusing little mystery involving shenanigans in the publishing business. I was a little disappointed that the cover features a picture of a cat but there is only a passing reference to the protagonist's cat in the story. I did enjoy the inside scoop on the mystery writing world and the little tas......more

This is a relatively short (Audio)book and it manages to be uninspiring and somewhat dull. It’s wildly ironic that Jane is at a writers conference and one of the pieces of advice she gets from an editor is to make sure the mystery doesn’t start later that ⅓ of the way into the book. Meanwhile I’m at......more

Not a bad book for light reading but I thought the ending was disappointing.......more