Miniature Mystery #2: Mayhem in Miniature

A Brief Description from the Website:

In the second book in the series, we find Gerry and Maddie busy with room boxes for the Mary Todd Lincoln ball. When one of Gerry's students in a senior crafts class is accused of murder, Gerry and Maddie are drawn into the investigation. Besides Gerry's family, the cast of characters includes residents of a retirement home—all a lot smarter than most people give them credit for.

- Dollhouse Mysteries

My Thoughts on the Book:

I liked the second book much better than the first. Gerry seems to not include Maddie as much in their mystery. Maddie helps in small ways, with computer searches cracking one aspect of the case. I also like how the characters that live at the retirement home help in a confusing way, letting Gerry know bit by mixed up bit about the crime that has been happening in the home.

My Favorite Aspect of the Book:

In the Miniature Mysteries my favorite aspect is not so much the mystery as the detail that is put into the miniatures that Gerry and other characters are making. I find I can really visualize them and have been tossing around the idea of making them myself.

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Miniature Mysteries #1: Murder in Miniature

A brief description from the website:
Geraldine Porter, a recently retired high school English teacher in a small northern California town, has more time now to spend on her lifelong hobby — building dollhouses and miniature scenes.
You'd think the world of tiny country cottages and cozy room boxes would be trouble-free. Not so for Geraldine and Maddie, her 10-year-old granddaughter, visiting Lincoln Point for the summer. Even before the doors open to the crafts fair that Geraldine has organized, there's a snag in the program. Geraldine's friend and fellow crafter, Linda, has failed to appear at her post. Also missing is the last piece of furniture Linda painstakingly built, a miniature Governor Winthrop slant-top desk.
By the time the week is over, Geraldine and Maddie have dealt with robbery, fraud, and murder, all wrapped up in the world of the very small.
- doll house mysteries

My Thoughts on the Book:
I found that the story unfolded very slowly however the characters make the story worthwhile and I find Gerry's switch between the tiny and the regular size world interesting. In general it was a very interesting mystery and I will defiantly start the second book in the series.

My favorite Character:
I loved Gerry's grand-daughter Maddie. She seems to have an innocent view on everything tat goes on. She is most interest in showing her Uncle Skip that she could also be a detective like him. She is well rounded and really helps with making Gerry's character who she is in the story.

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Haunted Bookshop Mystery #5: The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion

A brief description from the website:
An elderly lady has been found dead on posh Larchmont Avenue, her will recently (and suspiciously) revised to name Seymour as heir to her mansion. many eyes turn to the hapless mailman as the murderer, but Seymour doesn't car. He's to busy settling into his new digs.
Unfortunately, Seymour's new mansion appears to be haunted and when the ghosts begin paguing him, he tries to hire a team of parapsychologists to exorcise every last spirit from the town of Quindicott. Now Pen must not only solve a murder, she must act fast to save her beloved ghost, because if these spirit zappers actually do their jo, then the ghost of Jack Shepard finally will be history. And that scares Pen a lot more tan rattling chains and cold spots.
- Cleo's Haunted Bookshop

My thoughts on the book:
I did not like this book as much as I liked the one before it, however as all of Pen and Jack's cases this one was also interesting and keep you turning the pages. However after this one I am a little worried because the 6th book is n the works however there is no scheduled day for it to be released. So I'm not sure how long I can go without reading about Pen and Jack. Going to miss them.

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