Review
Fun New Cozy Series Hannah Fogarty, full-figured single mom to seven-year-old Emma, decides to move back home to Destiny, Texas after her divorce. She lives in her parents' garage apartment, and works for them cleaning cabins at their vacation lodge. Her older sister, Ruth, decides to play matchmaker for Hannah, setting her up with Will Garrett, the newly elected County Sheriff. Will is best friends with Ruth's boyfriend, Destiny's Chief of Police, Ray Palmer. Hannah and Emma both fall head-over-heels for Will's kind and gentle, yet strong and protective personality. The feeling is mutual for Will, who starts spending a great deal of time with Hannah. Destiny is a typical small town, everyone is involved in everyone else's business, and the townspeople can't help but be concerned for Janie Zimmerman, who is Hannah and Ruth's childhood friend. Janie has been looking more sickly and weak as the days pass. When Janie dies and her death is determined to be murder, rumors start to fly that Ruth wanted Janie out of the way because she was in love with Janie's boyfriend. Hannah steps up to get to the bottom of the mystery and save her sister's honor. In the midst of the investigation and Hannah and Will's newfound relationship, Hannah begins to pursue her dreams of opening a mystery bookstore, named Death Warmed Over. Ruth's help in this venture is crucial. DEATH WARMED OVER is the first book in the Death Warmed Over mystery series. Cindy Daniel is off to an excellent start. The characters never take themselves too seriously, and this endears them to the reader. Hannah is trying to do the best for her daughter, but she doesn't sacrifice her own chance at happiness. And it's great to read about characters who enjoy chocolate as much as I do! Ruth's character makes a good contrast to Hannah's--she's wild where Hannah is conservative, spontaneous where Hannah is orderly. This gives the story balance. The pacing of DEATH WARMED OVER is brisk and doesn't drag. I --M. Parcel (Kelso, WA USA) - Amazon reviewer
I'm not a reader and I really loved this book....., I can't tell you the last time Ii read a book. Being from the area mentioned though, I had to have it. I think I read it in just a few days. It was about a family that was loving, supportive, honest and Texan. Kind of like mine. You love your family, but don't always have to like them. 5 stars...... --Robin Cieszinski (Dallas, TX United States)
A light, fun read! Hannah and her six-year-old daughter, Emma, move back to Hannah's parents house following her divorce. She is going to help her parents out by cleaning cabins at their lodge. It doesn't take long for her to decide that she wants to open a bookstore instead. Hannah meets Will Garrett through her sister, Ruth, and Ruth's boyfriend Ray. Sparks fly between Hannah and Will, but Hannah has trouble handling the romance after her divorce. A suspicious death in occurs town. Ruth seems to have a motive for the crime. Since Will is the sheriff and Ray is the chief of police, they are sure to get to the bottom of the story. Hannah has to help get her sister out of this jam. Hannah and Ruth make you laugh with the sibling rivalry that is common even as an adult. When the chips are down the loyalty kicks in, Hannah is right there to help her sister in any way that she can. The characters are real without any added fluff. They are from a small town that I can easily relate to. Death Warmed Over is a quick light read that will make you giggle at times with the sisterly jabs. However you can't wait to get to the end to see who really committed the murder. Cindy Daniel is an up and coming author with more to come with this series. I can't wait to see the new ones coming up. --Ingrid Taylor "Author, Book Reviewer" (Springfield, MO USA) - Amazon reviewer
About the Author
Cindy Daniel is the author of the DEATH WARMED OVER mysteries, and served as 2005 and 2006 Southwest Chapter President of the Mystery Writers of America, and 2004 Internet Chapter President of Sisters in Crime. In February 2007, Cindy released her first non-fiction book - It s Not About You! a mother and daughters journey through breast cancer; a book she co-wrote with her 26-year-old daughter. Shes currently at work creating two new mystery series, in addition to writing the third book of the Death Warmed Over mystery series. Cindy lives in a lakeside suburb of Dallas, Texas where she and her husband Jeff share a house with three rescue dogs and one brave cat. www.notmymom.com www.deathwarmedovermysteries.com
