Blurb:
Irene Seligman has to
quit her job as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan to return to her
hometown of Santa Fe, New Mexico, when her irascible mother divorces her fifth
husband and needs Irene’s help.
Irene opens a haute
couture consignment store in Santa Fe and finds a dead woman in her closet on
the store’s opening day. This not the old Santa Fe of her childhood.
About the Author:
Paula
Griffith Paul was born on her grandparents’ cotton farm near Shallowater,
Texas, and graduated from a country high school near Maple, Texas. She earned a
B.A. in journalism and has worked as a reporter for newspapers in both Texas
and New Mexico. She’s been the recipient of state and national awards for her
work as a journalist.
She
is also an award-winning novelist. Her most current novel, Crazy Quilt, is her first literary novel. One third of the royalties
will go to cancer research.
Review:
It’s
a shame when bad editing ruins a good book. A
Killer Closet is a fun cozy mystery that grabbed me on the first page, but
it was marred by bad editing.
When
Irene Seligman gives up her job as an assistant DA in Manhattan and moves home
to help her mother in Santa Fe, New Mexico, she plans to open a haute couture resale
shop. Her plans go awry, however, when she finds the body of one of her mother’s
friends on the floor of her storeroom on opening day. Since her store is a
crime scene, she has to push back the opening. Yet the next day when she
finally opens, the sheriff takes her to lunch, and then says he’s sorry she had
to open a few hours late. What happened to the day in between?
A Killer Closet is rife with similar
consistency glitches. Ms. Paul seems to have had difficulty keeping track of
the timeline in her book, and none of the high-paid editors at Alibi
Publishing, the digital division of Random House managed to catch the trend. I
received A Killer Closet from Net
Galley, and I can only give it three roses. Again, such a shame.
Author Website: http://www.paulapaul.net/
Warnings: Mild
Violence
Length: 184 Pages
Digital Price: $3.99
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