Snipped in the Bud: A Flower Shop Mystery (Flower Shop Mysteries)
Snipped in the Bud: A Flower Shop Mystery (Flower Shop Mysteries) When someone orders a black rose for Abby's old law school nemesis, Professor "Snapdragon" Puffer, her plans for a speedy delivery are foiled when he catches her putting the bloom on his desk and sends it straight into the trash. So she heads back in to retrieve her dignity and her flower-only to find the rose now decorating a dead professor, and herself the prime suspect…
Customer Review: love the series
This is a good cozy series. Abby is one of my favorite sleuths these days. This book was a good, quick read and a good addition to the series.
Customer Review: An oddly old fashioned series, and not in a good way
I've always loved mysteries. The first novel I ever read was a Nancy Drew. However, I've read a few of this series now, and I find that every time I get into it I feel like I'm reading something from the fifties. References to cell phones aside, there is something very dated about these characters. When the main character is about to see her boyfriend, she "pinches her cheeks" for color. The last time I'd heard of someone doing that it was when I was in high school in the seventies and the girl actually bruised her face. Also, the law professor characters in this book seem completely unaware of the sexual harassment laws in this millenium. I actually worked for a law school as a secretary and I know that no professor would refer to anyone, especially a student, as "Betty Boob." He'd be sued and more than likely fired before the week was out. There's no tolerance for that kind of harassment in universities anymore. Finally, I find the main character less than exciting. She's not especially smart; she's not very edgy. She solves her mystery through perseverance and a gigantic helping from the ex-cop boyfriend. And though I can read and respect literature from that era as a product of its culture, I find that these stories are a little jarring because of different expectations from contemporary literature. I wonder if the author just wants to write G-rated mysteries for the audiences out there who don't like sex, violence or bad language, or very strong female characters with their entertainment.