Cloche and Dagger
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Average rating4.3
An all-new series from New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay Not only is Scarlett Parker’s love life in the loo—as her British cousin Vivian Tremont would say—it’s also gone viral with an embarrassing video. So when Viv suggests Scarlett leave Florida to lay low in London, she hops on the next plane across the pond. Viv is the proprietor of Mims’s Whims, a ladies’ hat shop on Portobello Road bequeathed to both cousins by their beloved grandmother, and she wants Scarlett to finally join her in the millinery business. But a few surprises await Scarlett in London. First, she is met at the airport not by Viv, but by her handsome business manager, Harrison Wentworth. Second, Viv—who has some whims of her own—seems to be missing. No one is too concerned about the unpredictable Viv until one of her posh clients is found dead wearing the cloche hat Viv made for her—and nothing else. Is Scarlett’s cousin in trouble? Or is she in hiding?
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6 primary booksHat Shop Mystery is a 6-book series with 6 primary works first released in 2013 with contributions by Jenn McKinlay.
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Scarlett is so enjoyable! The reason she has run to Portobello Road is funny, but reasonable. Her background in hospitality makes her work in the store seem like a logical fit. Harrison is wonderful and their relationship is moving along at a wonderfully slow pace. Viv not being there for most of the book was a great way to introduce Scarlett to everything in the store and provided a wonderful clue in the mystery. The solution to the mystery makes sense and the clues were obvious looking back on it. This is an amazing first book in the series and a wonderful mystery.
I read this for the Cozy Mystery Book Club and enjoyed it a lot! The characters are warm and very quippy, the setting is interesting, and there's an intriguing touch of the paranormal.
Personally, I love Jenn McKinlay's books–and honestly would prefer the library series over this one. This book was laugh-out-loud funny, for sure, but some of the main characters were (lovably) unpredictable and zany . . . so steady, cozy me was sometimes left thinking “what on earth? why would you do that?” xD So I personally am more at home with the characters in some of her other series. Again though, this one is still very enjoyable, and fearures an absolutely lovely community!
