Seventy-something sisters, Max and Lil, visit western Pennsylvania, partly to see Lil’s son Terry and his family, and partly to enjoy to colorful fall foliage. The sisters volunteer to help staff a fund-raiser haunted house. The house has amazing special effects and a haunted garden. It is hugely popular and should bring in a lot of money for the new school auditorium. What could go wrong?
This is a second book of the series. I enjoyed how the characters came together and the mystery of the haunted house was enjoyable to read. Liked it.
I enjoyed this second book in the Mystery Sisters Series. Got to know the characters better, and the “haunted house” theme worked well.
Fun, cozy mystery! This series is so much fun! Great characters and so much fun along the way. Sisters Max and Lil are at it again! They are off on a new adventure, this time traveling through Pennsylvania. They want to enjoy the fall foliage and visit Lily’s son Terry and his family. But then somebody dies, and Max and Lily can’t stop themselves from doing a little investigating on their own.
Audio Review
I’m fairly new to Cozy Mysteries and audio books so both the author Karen Musser Northman and Kathleen Godwin are new to me but after listening to this entertaining book I will be checking out previous works by both.
Max and her sister Lil are very different but the one thing they can agree on is they need to investigate the murder they came across while visiting Lil’s sons family. The murder takes place in a haunted house that is being used as a fundraiser and this mystery brought the whole haunted house memories to life. This story kept me on the edge of my seat as I followed the clues to find the murderer, the story was entertaining, the narration was spot on and Ms Godwin did a great job bringing the book to life. If you love a good mystery with lots of secrets and suspense look no further than Foliage and Fatality (the Mystery Sisters Book 2).
4 Star review Foliage & Fatality (The Mystery Sisters #4) by Karen Musser Nortman
Audio Review:
Both the author Karen Musser Nortman and narrator Kathleen Godwin are new to me. This is a cozy mystery and one that I found entertaining. I was intrigued as I followed the clues trying to guess the murderer before Lil and her sister Max.
I had a hard time warming up to Max, she seemed rather judgemental. She and Lil are as different as chalk and cheese, however one thing they agree on is that they need to investigate the murder that takes place at the haunted house that Lil’s son is using as a fundraiser.
The narrator really brought this book to life for me and did a good job keeping me entertained. This was a a book filled with a lot of secrets and the intrigue and suspense kept me riveted as I listened to this story.
These two sisters are as different as can be–and do get into squabbles on occasion. They took a road trip in Max’s Studebaker to visit Lil’s son and his family-along with Max’s dog. While there a woman is found dead in an old house which was going to be used for a fund raiser. These two just could not let it go–they had to figure it out.-much to the distress of Lil’s son and the police! They were quite good but did get in a bit of trouble which left Lil walking with a walker!
I actually never read this as an e-book but it certainly kept my attention! The narrator did a really good job when reading-I was able to picture all that was happening.
I received this audio book from the author for my enjoyment and possible review.
This review is for the audio book.
I have listened to the author’s Frannie Shoemaker series and enjoyed them so thought I would give this series a go too. As normal I don’t start with book one but I don’t think it matters as this was easy to under stand. If I go back to the beginning it is not because I need to too understand the series it is because I want to see what adventure and mystery I had missed out on. The characters were like able and the excitement the child felt for the holiday season came through nicely. The mystery was good, with a number of suspects. I had guessed the killer but it was just a guess. The only down side, is the story wasn’t very long, don’t get me wrong this is great if you only have a few hours to kill but I like my stories longer, so you can really get to know the characters. All in all a good mystery and a series I will keep an eye out for.
Max and Lil are traveling to visit Lil’s son and family. When they arrive they discover that as part of his new job Terry is arranging a fundraiser for the school by organizing a haunted house tour. Even the children have joined in with the fun and are eager for Grandma Lil and Aunt Max to help. The sisters agree and are soon helping to raise money and scare any unsuspecting visitors but the biggest scare is produced when they find one of the mannequins has been switched for a real dead body. The police shut down the tour and with children missing out on funds the tour was generating, the sisters set out to find the killer so they can go back to making money. The dead woman was part of a coach tour group and was trying to track down a mystery man that came from the area that she met on a cruise. Who is the mystery man and why has nobody heard of him? It also appears the house was being used for a lot more than just a haunted house, but is it connected to the death?The sisters have solved a murder before, can they do it again?
I liked the narrator, she uses her voice well to add excitement to the story.