Olson, Karen E. Secondhand Smoke.6 words (or less than): Attempts at hard-boiled, foiled.
A beloved Italian restaurant burns down and there is a body inside. Whose? Annie Seymore, investigative reporter is from the neighborhood and on the scene.
I don't know...this one didn't really capture me. Characters seemed a bit cliched, the romance between Annie and Vinnie seemed forced--his lips twitched several times too often.
Fiction. Mystery.2006. 259 pages.
I'm sorry you didn't care for this one much, Jenclair. I liked this one slightly less than Secondhand Smoke and it definitely had a more humorous bent to it as opposed to being more hard boiled like the first book.
ReplyDeleteI had to laugh at your comment about Vinnie's lip twitching. Haha I hadn't noticed. :-)
Big boo boo! I meant that I liked this one slightly less than Sacred Cow. That makes more sense. Sorry about that!
ReplyDeleteLF - :) I'll have to try Sacred Cow!
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