Bad Housekeeping: An Agnes And Effie Mystery

from bogopea

Quit half-way. Too silly.

from cathyskye

Author Maia Chance has an excellent sense of humor, and she's concocted many wonderful one-liners that she's peppered throughout Bad Housekeeping. Unfortunately, I found those one-liners to be the best part of the book, along with what little there was of renovating the old inn. First, there's th...

from Auntie-Nanuuq

It could be me, it could be this author, it could be the genre of "Cozy Mystery".... I didn't really like the two main characters, but I did like the other characters, even the one who done it.... Let's see; Agnes & Effie, her aunt/grandmother (I forget, and it's not important to me) are working ...

from Maydacat

Though related, Agnes and Effie seem to be an unlikely duo. Effie is Agnes's wild, chain-smoking great-aunt. Agnes, on the verge of entering grad school, is unceremoniously dumped by the boy friend she put through grad school. Effie wants to restore a derelict inn; Agnes just wants to lick her wo...