Grace Carroll

This was a cute cozy mystery. I'm not much into fashion, and sometimes the main character's penchant for listing designer names (who's wearing what) wore thin, but I did like both Rita and her boss Dolce and was rooting for them.

Meh. Good characters, although the detective character seemed all over the place. Weak plot - the impetus for the murder seemed awfully weak to me. Too many instances where I felt the author was trying to sell me clothing, although I don't mind a bit of fashion speak (the Crimes of Fashion series being one of my favourites). Still there were enough likeable things about this book that I'll read the second one and decide from there whether to continue with the series or not.

Very good start for a new series.