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Bad Manners (Lilly Bennett Mysteries)

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There are already several sequels to this first mystery by Kellogg, but I was attracted by the setting and thought I would start at the beginning. It was fun to read with a clever and funny older main character and I'm looking forward to the others in the series.

I just discovered Ms. Kellogg a few weeks ago when I purchased her more recent book calle Brilliant. I loved it, what clever and witty writing. I read the sequel to Brilliant call Precious and it was good but not as great as Brilliant. I decided to read the first book this author wrote and work myself to the most recent.

I am glad this isn't the first book I read that was written by this author. It was rather dull and it had a bit of Harlequin romance thing going on being on a ranch and all. The protagonist is also a bit catty when describing other female characters in the book and overly descriptive about body, face, hair and skin flaws to the point of it being irritating. Sort of like sitting next to someone who criticizes one person after another without stopping. The main characters old friend, for lack of better term, has let herself go. Her skin is bad, her hair is terrible and her lipstick is never on or half way on. Okay we got it, no need to beat this to death in so many pages. Meow.

Well, I am happy to tell anyone who read this book and had to put it down and away after the first few chapters, she improves a great deal as a writer in her more recent novels.

Lily Bennet is a fabulous heroine. I would recommend all of Marne Davis Kellogg's novels.