"An Exciting New Cozy Mystery with Amateur Sluteth Abby Knight!"
Reviewed by Rachael Dimond
Posted February 11, 2008
Mystery Woman Sleuth | Mystery Amateur Sleuth
A ROSE FROM THE DEAD is the newest installment in Kate
Collins' series featuring Abby Knight, an amateur detective
and owner of a flower shop called Bloomers. Abby has a
booth displaying her flowers at the Midwestern Funeral
Directors Association regional convention. She's hoping to
drum up some business by advertising at the convention.
What Abby didn't expect was that she would end up playing
detective once again. The convention starts off rather dramatic when the Urban
twins lock Abby in a telephone booth coffin. When someone
at the convention turns up dead inside a coffin, Abby
immediately suspects the same people who trapped her in
one, the Urban twins. But the twins are swearing their
innocence and have solid alibis. Who would want to kill
someone at a Funeral Convention? Is this someone's idea of
a sick joke or is there something more sinister going on? Abby's friend Delilah Dove was the last person in the room
where the deceased was found. The police decide she is
their obvious suspect, so they immediately take her in for
questioning. The only person with answers to what happened is Angelique,
an eccentric harp player who records the music of people's
souls as they leave their body. Angelique is unable to
clearly communicate with the police to explain what
happened to the deceased. Instead she tells Abby an odd
poem hinting as to who the killer is. Abby puts on her detective hat and with the help of her
boyfriend Marco and her friend Grace; they try to put the
pieces to the puzzle together. Will Abby and her friends
find the killer before he claims another victim? A ROSE FROM THE DEAD is a fun cozy mystery that will keep
you guessing until its exciting conclusion. The mystery is
intriguing and kept my interest. There are numerous
suspects who could be the murderer and this book kept me
guessing until the end. The writing is entertaining and there's even some humor
throughout the book. This was my first book by Kate
Collins and I look forward to reading her previous
installments in this series.
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