A review by raji_c
The Pot Thief Who Studied Georgia O'Keeffe by J. Michael Orenduff

3.0

I managed to read all the books () in the Pot Thief Mysteries series. I really liked the first book in the series. It felt like watching an old English movie (think Casablanca without the angst). A reluctant hero who is on the ‘wrong side of forty-five’ and is afraid of violent confrontations but quick on the draw with his quips makes for an interesting read. Some interactions had me laughing out loud. The ‘mystery’ was really just a tiny part. My appreciation of the books rose and fell through the series. The strength of this series is really its cast of characters who are extremely easy to fall in love with. Another plus is the information on Pythagoras, Ptolemy, Escoffier, Lawrence, Billy the Kid, and Georgia O'Keefe. A drawback is the familiarity of sentences, situations, mannerisms all spelt out in the same words in different books. It can be a little tedious when you read the entire series in one go like I did. On the whole, a pleasant way to spend time but not something I might go back to.

Come to think of it, this is my second series based in, well I cannot call it small town America, so maybe, not-really-mainstream America. I find I like the perspective. And surprisingly (or not), there is a lot of interesting food in both the Orenduff and Jerusha Jones series!