Cold Clay

I knew who it was as fairly early on in the book and I knew about halfway why they did it. So there wasn't much of a mystery. However, I did enjoy watching Vera investigate and getting to know more about Shady Hollow and its citizens. It was a quick enjoyable read.

Okay, so, I adore this series. I love the setting and the narration is quite charming.

However . . . even though I do love the book . . . I have to say that this installment had the same problem as the first book in the series, which is that the culprit was pretty apparent, pretty early in the story. Maybe I am naturally suspicious at this point, but it would have been good to have some other truly possible suspects to mull over.

Aside from that, this was another quaint and whimsical afternoon escape!

3.5 stars