In the Dead of Winter: Ivy Towers Mystery Series #1
by Nancy Mehl
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Author: Nancy MehlEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-07-01
ISBN: 1597895229
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
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Book Review: A Cozy Cozy
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't often pick up inspirational fiction, but while Nancy Mehl's In the Dead of Winter falls into this category, it is no less conventional mystery for that. In fact, the theme of goodness, embodied by Aunt Bitty, lends an added dimension, all the more suited to a novel that takes place in the holiday season.
Ivy Towers, college undergraduate-turned-sleuth, inherits her great aunt's Bygone Bookstore in the remote Kansas town of Winter Break. Hats off to Ms. Mehl for creating great atmosphere, and this isn't confined to the bookstore. The whole town comes to life. In fact, I felt compelled to Google the town of Winter Break, just to see if it existed. The characters, while eccentric and larger-than-life (think Dickens), are wholly believable too.
Back to the mystery... Ivy (who hates her name and changes it to escape her gauche past) must discover who caused Aunt Bitty's fall from her ladder before she can return to her new life. In this pursuit, she is aided and abetted by a childhood friend, now the town sheriff. He refuses to call her by her new name of Sam. He likes her just the way she is and was. Well, everybody likes Ivy and everybody thinks she should stay.
Will she, won't she: solve the murder, determine her destiny, and find true love?
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