Recently divorces Christina Emory stands to inherit the estate of her late aunt, if she is willing (and able) to meet the conditions of the will. Since she has to uproot her life because of the divorce anyway, Christina decides to accept.

Christina narrates the story. She has a mildly mocking tone.

I spent the first chapter wondering why she had ever even married her ex. The ex is mentioned a lot and every sentence re-enforces the notion that they were an ill-matched pair.

The story is short, only 145 pages (the other twenty pages are recipes). And the murder doesn’t happen until page 67. Which leaves barely 80 pages to solve the crime.

The story has great scene setting, but the plotting of the mystery needs work. There is potential though.

Plus, this story got me interested in picking up quilting.