Review: A Charming Crime

A Charming Crime by Tonya Kappes
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Synopsis:

Bubble... Bubble...

June Heal has nothing to lose when she relocates her homeopathic cure shop, A Dose of Darla, from the flea market booth in her home town, to a quaint shop in the cozy but unusual little town of Whispering Falls, Kentucky. Or so it seems.

Cures and trouble...

Whispering Falls has a lot of secrets. From talking snow globes to whispering animals not to mention a few sprinkles of fairy dust, June realizes Whispering Falls is more magical than she thought. . .literally.

Magic stirs...

June discovers she was born into a family of psychics, and her homeopathic cures truly are magical. Unfortunately, they are not magical enough to save her from being the number one murder suspect when a member of the community that she had just had a disagreement with shows up face down in the lake with June’s lucky charm in the victim’s grasp.

And troubles double...

Add to that an attraction to her high school best friend, Sheriff Oscar Park and Mr. Prince Charming, her cat, is stealing charms from Belle’s Baubles, June is forced to clear her name in more ways than murder. After all, they don’t have cauldrons in jail.

My Thoughts:

First, I loved the cover. Although, as many times as the author mentioned them in the story, maybe there should have been a ding dong on the cover (LOL). Now for the book itself. The story is not bad (ding dongs aside). It held my attention and the ding dongs didn't annoy me as much as some of the other reviewers. I just smiled because all of us have our weaknesses and so must this character. The residents of Whispering Falls were what bothered me. They had rules for rules and were quite odd. Also, Oscar is supposed to be her best friend but acted strange the whole time. The cat may have been my favorite character. Overall, it is a light read for those days that you need something easy to read.

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