Elaine Flinn - Deadly Vintage (2007)
Reviewed by David J. Montgomery
Elaine Flinn, queen of the cozy mystery, returns with the latest book in her award-winning series about Carmel, Calif., antiques dealer Molly Doyle. Deadly Vintage marks Doyle's fourth appearance, and her most enjoyable yet.
Doyle is hired to renovate the tasting room of a local winery, but the job has scarcely begun when the client's abusive husband is murdered only shortly after engaging in a heated, public argument with Molly. The police begin looking at her as a suspect, prompting her to do a little investigating of her own.
The charms of Deadly Vintage are many, including the picturesque setting of California's Central Coast, the realistic nature of the plot (a rarity in many mysteries of this type) and the author's simple, evocative prose. But it is the book's characters, and their warm, lushly rendered relationships, that make this work a standout. Among today's authors of traditional mysteries, Flinn ranks at the top.
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Comments
I wove u! :)
Posted by: Elaine Flinn | Oct 5, 2007 11:55:58 AM
its out standing
thanks!!!!!
Posted by: kinnari | Dec 6, 2011 8:40:41 AM
