Based on cover photo and "Southern Fried Title" I expected a very light "foodie" cozy; (no cherry pie mentioned in the story...) but it is really a nice basic mystery, more of a Grisham-light story, with a serious trial going on, with a concerning medical malpractice background. Would like to have met the two dead characters before they died, as they appeared to have been worthy of more development and their loss more meaningful. The humor from the savvy cabdriver and the "mental" patients who save the day goes beyond typical "cozy" silliness. I liked the story ! ( )

This is the second Avery Andrews mystery. Good, fast, entertaining read. I think she's trying to put too much into the book, though. I girued out the bad guy early on. ( )

I enjoyed this installment, but not as much as the previous books. I think because it wasn't set in Dacus but instead in Charleston.
That and the fact that the mystery involved mental health drugs and drug trials and since I work in the mental health industry, it wasn't exactly interesting to new to me.

I much prefer the smaller, more intimate stories that she set in Dacus.

The characters were as well written and I wouldn't mind meeting Det. Casper Kirland again but I am glad that I know she moves the stories back to Dacus and its locals. If I had thought she was going to continue in this vein I might have walked away from the series, for me it made that much of a difference. ( )