alice_horoshev's review
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
2.75
The beginning was wonderful and then it lost its magic...
harba's review
dark
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
sask_girl's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
3.75
natesbookstack's review
5.0
For starters am I the only person who gets a little warm at the mere mention of Otis? For those who haven’t read the first in the series Bad Housekeeping (SPOILER ALERT IF YOU HAVE NOT READ BOOK 1) Otis is Agnes’s high school crush/maybe boyfriend in book 2! Again Maia writes a stellar book. This was a great second book in this series. It made me laugh out loud, it made my heart ache, it was just a continuous joy from start to finish. I highly recommend reading the first book in the series first but you can read this first. A pure treat!
Synopsis: Agnes Blythe and her glamorous Aunt Effie must take a break from restoring their inn to rake in the clues when a local mechanic is murdered in national bestselling author Maia Chance’s charming second Agnes & Effie mystery.
It’s leaf-peeping season in Naneda, New York, and Agnes Blythe has settled into helping her eccentric Great Aunt Effie restore the Stagecoach Inn. It seems nothing can shatter the golden idyll―or the ka-ching of cash registers―until a mechanic at Hatch Automotive is found bludgeoned to death with a wrench.
Sweeping into action, Agnes and Aunt Effie are on the scene, when a tourist-laden motor coach breaks down outside of town. The Stagecoach Inn isn’t exactly ready for guests, but Agnes and Effie agree to take in a group of seniors while they wait for repairs. But then, Agnes finds herself pulled into the investigation when she learns her new boyfriend, gorgeous Otis Hatch, is the Naneda Police Department’s prime suspect.
With bodies falling faster than the foliage, Agnes must leaf through the more viable suspects and clear Otis’s name of murder in Bad Neighbors, the charming second Agnes and Effie mystery from national bestselling author Maia Chance.
Synopsis: Agnes Blythe and her glamorous Aunt Effie must take a break from restoring their inn to rake in the clues when a local mechanic is murdered in national bestselling author Maia Chance’s charming second Agnes & Effie mystery.
It’s leaf-peeping season in Naneda, New York, and Agnes Blythe has settled into helping her eccentric Great Aunt Effie restore the Stagecoach Inn. It seems nothing can shatter the golden idyll―or the ka-ching of cash registers―until a mechanic at Hatch Automotive is found bludgeoned to death with a wrench.
Sweeping into action, Agnes and Aunt Effie are on the scene, when a tourist-laden motor coach breaks down outside of town. The Stagecoach Inn isn’t exactly ready for guests, but Agnes and Effie agree to take in a group of seniors while they wait for repairs. But then, Agnes finds herself pulled into the investigation when she learns her new boyfriend, gorgeous Otis Hatch, is the Naneda Police Department’s prime suspect.
With bodies falling faster than the foliage, Agnes must leaf through the more viable suspects and clear Otis’s name of murder in Bad Neighbors, the charming second Agnes and Effie mystery from national bestselling author Maia Chance.
bugabusu's review
5.0
I want to live in Naneda and be friends with Agnes and Chester. The dialogue is pithy and I would be in tears everyday from the continuous laughing. Maia Chance gives all the characters, not just Agnes, great one liners. The blatant sleuthing of Agnes and Effie is wonderfully agreeable. Instead of accepting that it's normal for an everyday person to ask probing questions, Agnes and Effie are questioned back by the suspects and instead of getting away with sneaking around they get caught. This is all very refreshing. The cast of characters and the situations they get into are so funny; I cannot give enough praise to the hilariousness of this book. This is at the top of my favorite murder mysteries I have read this year, right up there with Craig Johnson's Longmire series. The reader will enjoy tagging along with the gaggle as they solve the murder.
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