Genre: Mystery
Mass Market Paperback; Digital Book
ISBN #: 9781496713964
Kensington Mystery
317 Pages
$6.47; $5.84 Amazon
March 26, 2019
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Ever since Alberta Scaglione inherited her spinster aunt's Cape Cod cottage, she's been enjoying the good life in Tranquility, New Jersey, with her black cat, Lola. But since things are mostly quiet in this town, she finds other things to do - like joining Jinx for morning jogs in Tranquility Park. She has to do something to stay healthy, as long as it doesn't involve Jinx's healthful tofu sausages and gluten-free pasta. But when they stumble across a treehouse hidden in the trees, and a dead body underneath it, they take a detour into solving a murder. Now the Ferrara ladies will have to exercise extreme caution to avoid a permanent decline in their health...
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Alberta Scaglione inherited millions from her spinster aunt, but spends her days sitting in her backyard watching the lake. Her granddaughter Jinx has convinced her to jog with her three days a week, and on this day while they are jogging through Tranquility Park, they come across a treehouse...and the dead body of a local man.
Now, to the chagrin of the local police, they're determined to solve the murder first. Hopefully, before the murderer finds them...
Okay, I said I wouldn't read any more in this series and I probably should have followed my own advice. I couldn't even get through this book. First, why are they calling themselves the Ferrara Family Detective Agency when they aren't one? Secondly, it was creepy why Jinx was asking her grandmother about her sex life. Ick. Also, why was Jinx telling Vinnie (the police detective) what size bra Alberta wears? (Telling Alberta she should be proud of her bust size implies that having large breasts should be flaunted. And FYI, I'm larger than Alberta, so it's not because I'm a small-breasted woman - it's because a woman isn't defined by the size of her breasts, as Jinx seems to think). (Also, I just looked it up and saw that the author is a man - draw your own conclusions).
Also, Alberta tells us that Italian men all scream instead of just speaking in a natural voice to get their point across. Huh. I wouldn't recommend people move next door to an Italian couple, if that's the case.
Then Alberta states as how it's their crime scene, and not the police's, as they got their first. Their, as in Alberta and Jinx. Who are not police officers. Who are not police detectives. Who are not private investigators. Who are private citizens.
At this point the book lost me. These women truly believe they have the right to investigate on the fact alone that they found the body. They don't even try to hide it. They actually tell the police that. Well, I guess it beats trying to figure out a plot line that would give them a real reason to investigate, right?
Unfortunately these women are abrasive, abusive, and can't be taken seriously. There are so many more better books out there.
https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Tranquility-Ferrara-Family-Mystery/dp/1496713966/ref
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2912113669
More on J.D. Griffo's Books: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/g/j-d-griffo/
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