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Death of a Coupon Clipper (Hayley Powell Mystery)

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Dreadful. Just dreadful.

4 years, 2 months ago at Feb 16 2:36
This is not my first book read by Lee Hollis (a brother and sister duo), but it might very well be my last.ย Wow! What to say about this? I think this may be the worst "cozy" I have read. Not that it is written badly, though it's not that great either. But there are multiple gross sex references (going down on a man is mentioned along with a sister threesome fantasy mentioned...GROSS!). But I coul... read more
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Description: Hayley Powell, food and cocktails columnist for Bar Harbor's Island Times, is. . .well, kind of broke. So when she's selected for that extreme coupon-clipping reality game show coming to town. . . . . . she's thrilled, especially when her competition is nasty nurse Candace Culpepper. But when Haley stumbles across a face-down-in-the-snow Candace--scissors gleaming between her shoulders--she knows the next thing she'll be selected for will probably be a police line-up. Meanwhile, though Hayley's BFF Mona was only joking about "taking Candace out," Bruce Linney, the Island Times crime reporter, definitely isn't laughi ... (more)
Manufacturer: Kensington
Release date: 2 July 2013
ISBN-10 : 0758267398 | ISBN-13: 9780758267399
Tags: Cozy Mystery (1)
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Heather posted a review 4 years, 2 months ago

Dreadful. Just dreadful.

“This is not my first book read by Lee Hollis (a brother and sister duo), but it might very well be my last.ย Wow! What to say about this? I think this may be the worst "cozy" I have read. Not that it is written badly, though it's not that great either. But there are multiple gross sex references (going down on a man is mentioned along with a sister threesome fantasy mentioned...GROSS!). But I could forgive all that. What I CANNOT forgive is the blatant animal abuse done by the lead character. It's obvious the author(s) have never even been around a cat, let alone owned one. They don't pee all over the house unless they're scared and they are not demons. The main character grabs and yanks and PULLS the cat she's catsitting BY. THE. TAIL. How did this even get past editors? How disgraceful. ” read more

Heather rated this 1/10 7 years ago