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Berkley; Sept 2011
Book Blurb:
Working out of her button shop in a Chicago brownstone, Josie Giancola has become one of the country's leading experts on buttons. Her reputation draws a Hollywood starlet to the Button Box to shop for one-of-a-kind buttons to adorn her made-to-order wedding gown.Review:
But after the Button Box is ransacked and the actress murdered, Josie's cozy world is thrown into chaos-and a killer is out to keep Josie's lips buttoned up...permanently.
BUTTON HOLED is a terrific start to Kylie Logan's new cozy mystery series. Josie Giancola is a button expert with an extensive collection she showcases in her button shop in Chicago. A couple of disturbing events turn this quiet button dealer's world on end: (1) walking in on two thugs robbing the Button Box, and (2) finding a famous actress murdered in her shop who had come to her to buy buttons for her wedding gown. Could the events be related? Josie's interest in the case is piqued when she discovers a mysterious hand-carved button at the scene of the crime, one only a button nerd like herself would be fascinated by. When detective Nevin Riley requests her help in solving the case, Josie is happy to put her button expertise to work.
BUTTON HOLED was a fresh and enjoyable mystery. I loved Josie's character. She was funny, smart, quirky and very likable. She was surrounded by a cast of interesting characters, including Detective Riley, with whom she previously had one awkward first date, and her gambler ex-husband Kaz, who may or may not be trying to redeem himself. The mystery itself was well crafted, and there were several suspects who had the motive to kill the actress. The ending was terrific, and I did not see the final twist coming! I'm looking forward to the next book in A Button Box Mystery series. I give BUTTON HOLED 4.25 out of 5 stars!
I received my copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Giveaway Details:
Thanks to Berkley Prime Crime, I have one copy of BUTTON HOLED to give away!
- To enter, leave a comment with a valid e-mail address. You may break it up using (at) and (dot), like example(at)host(dot)com.
- Open to US addresses (publisher's request).
- Contest ends on 9/24/2011 at 11:59 pm CST.
- Winner will be notified by e-mail and has 2 days to respond.
- Book will be shipped directly from the publisher.
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Definitely want to read this one!
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I love, love, love cozy mysteries!!
ReplyDeleteI also love that the mystery has a button shop in it. Makes me think of my mother's green tin button box. I used to dump all the buttona out and play with them when I was a kid.
Thank you for this great giveaway.
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I love mysteries. This one looks great and would love to win and read. This is a new author for me and am always looking for new reads.
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ooooo! Button, button, who's got the button? I love buttons and I love mysteries. I'm sure this book was written with me in mind! Thanks for the chance to win a copy.
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Sounds interesting. I wouldn't have ever thought about a button shop for the scene of a series.
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Would love to read this! It is out of my normal reading genre, but sounds interesting!
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I love Mystery "whatever day it lands on" :)
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I am always looking to try new cozy series and this looks like a lot of fun.
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I love settings in stories and I've never heard of a button shop setting before. Really creative! Sounds like a fun read.
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I have numerous jars of buttons so the cover grabbed my attention immediately.
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Sounds like a good mystery that I would enjoy reading
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Loved your review. Sounds like this book has some great characters. I would really enjoy reading it. Please enter me. Thanks!
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I love a good cozy and this is one I have never heard of. Thank you for sharing with us today and for the wonderful giveaway opportunity.
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