When a giant inflatable Halloween witch goes missing in the Pineapple Port retirement community, Charlotte’s eager to nab the culprit. Before she can lift a fingerprint, someone threatens to kill a new neighbor who looks like an adorable Pomeranian but possesses a disturbing talent for revenge. Moments later, a stranger demands the return of a mysterious wooden box… or else.
Charlotte’s … Charlotte’s boyfriend, Declan, isn’t having a great morning either. His calculating ex-girlfriend has returned to claim she’s the rightful owner of his pawn shop. She’s livid he’s found a new lady, too.
Eh. Things could be worse. At least Charlotte doesn’t know that a mojito-swilling killer who fed his grandmother to a cat is on his way to Pineapple Port…
Keywords: cozy mystery, female protagonist, humorous, amateur sleuth, romance, small towns.
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Love her books and thoroughly enjoyed this one!
I love this series as the books are so unpredictable and funny. I jumped at the chance to buy the book. So glad I did as it doesn’t disappoint.
Charlotte having decided to become a private investigator soon finds her hands full when several of the Pineapple Port residents turn to her for help. With items disappearing and turning up in strange places it seems an easy case to start her new career with , that is until death threats start arriving and strange cars are seen in the neighbourhood. This all leads to lots of laughs and an expected house guest. As well as unwanted ex girlfriend and a Halloween costume party that she must win.
If you like listening to cozy mysteries this is a must series to add to your collection, I am.
Charlotte, age 26, lives in the retirement community named Pineapple Port. She has decided she wants to be a private eye and has found out she must apprentice to an existing licensed private eye in order to get a license. Her friend has a 15 foot inflatable witch that she puts on her roof each Halloween that has recently gone missing. It’s Charlotte’s first case. She finds that many of the outside decorations in the neighborhood have been switched. She also finds that there is a pretty little wooden box that is missing in action that Gloria would like retrieved, and she gets a retainer for that job too. This is good light reading; I finished the story in one day. It’s quite light-hearted and humorous. I enjoyed myself reading it, and I think you will too.
The characters in these books are so hilarious.
Loved getting more back story to many of the cast members, and seeing Charlotte stumble through learning how to become an investigator. I like that while she is the sleuth, the story doesn’t revolve around her, but more revolves around the residents of Pineapple Port.
I did feel like this book dragged in a few places, and was a bit longer than it needed to be. A few strings within each of the various storylines needed more suspension of disbelief than usual but it didn’t pull me from the plot. The convoluted multi mystery was unique, and I enjoyed discovering the culprit for each case.
Can’t wait to see Charlotte grow as a person and a sleuth.
I enjoyed Pineapple Mystery Box. This book is interesting right from the beginning and there are many twists and turns that keep you engaged to the end. There are many crazy, witty adventures with the characters in Pineapple Port. I love the characters. They are funny and witty. This book has a great blend of intrigue, mystery, humor and romance. I look forward to reading more in this series.
This is a humorous and delightful mystery that I really enjoyed reading. It’s the first time I’ve read a book by this author and I’ll be looking for more of her books to read. The author’s sense of humor is refreshing to me.
I loved this second book in the Pineapple Port Mysteries. Amy Vansant is such a talented author and her books are so much fun. I highly recommend.
3 1/2 Stars.
Okay but not as fun or believable as the first book. This one was more graphically bloody, too. Loved Book 1 but don’t plan to get any more in this series.
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5 stars
I purchased Pineapple Mystery Box: Pineapple Port Mystery book 2 by Amy Vasant and this review was given freely. Read march 2017.
Pineapple Mystery Box was both well written and more complex focusing on blending multiple story-lines and mysteries. Just the right blend of community interaction, mystery, intrigue, romance and humor. Amy Vasant continues to expand the Characters from Pineapple Lies. Mariska and Darla continue to provide motherly love, Darla and Justine provide some intrigue, Justine and Seamus’s romance continues to build, Charlotte gets help from the community as well as Seamaus and Frank to train as a PI , and Charlotte and Declan’s romance heats up. New characters were introduced giving you hints of what is to come in future novels. I like how this novel was a complex full length cozy mystery that was focused more of the plots and less on how scattered Charlotte’s thoughts are.
Loved the book. Will read more from this author.
You don’t have to be young to enjoy a great story. The characters are so realistic, they each have their own quirks. I caught myself laughing out loud at some of the antics of these characters. Just a hint of sex…we don’t need to be explicit as that leaves nothing to the imagination. You just don’t know what they’re going to do next and it keeps you turning the pages until the end. Haven’t enjoyed a mystery this much in quite some time.
“Pineapple Mystery Box” earns 5/5 Missing Lawn Decorations!
I was anxiously turning the pages after the first line…”He didn’t mean to kill her.” Boom! You’re hooked right off with the search for a ‘mystery box’ filled with stolen loot that had been left with the old woman with severe lapses of mental sharpness—sometimes she didn’t know where it was and sometimes she didn’t know what it was. Amy adds a bit of ‘dark’ into the mix putting the killer on a collision course with the residents of Pineapple Port. There, the residents are in an uproar about a prank that has mixed up lawn decorations, the staple of any retirement community. As for my favorite character Charlotte, she has decided to become an official licensed private detective, and in the wake of violating US Postal laws and state licensing guidelines, she accepts assistance from Seamus, the boyfriend’s uncle—He is a fun character, too. Finding out he is a licensed PI will make it easier to get her forty-hours of experience, but she will need to survive his extreme lessons and tests first. Where’s Witchy Poo? First case? The case of the missing lawn decoration, and…of course, murder. But that could all be the easy part. The boyfriend’s ex just came into town demanding part of his pawn shop business. Ok, it’s worse! And I loved every moment!
A darker setting than book one. No accidental murders here.
A granny killing grandson who leaves the disposal of grama’s remians to the feline neighbors, members of the mob and an alleged US Marshall, and dorky Declan’s nasty ex Stephanie are on the scene. Stephanie wants Declan at any price, and leverages his business to try to get it and him. Two former lovers who disappeared into Witness Protection don’t find a happy ending, as jealousies come between. Action and adventure about as the Pineapple Portians try to reclaim a mystery box to protect one of their own.
Muddle, but funny in a gritty way.
The dog walking patrol invasion of a competing locale is quite a hoot.
Dizzy dog is once again Charlotte’s best friend, along with Darla, Mariska and company. Declan seems to fall prey to every crocodile tear ex Stephanie sheds, and doesn’t have as much heat or romance with Charlotte as in book one.
Sweet Charlote seems to has a ways to go in uncovering the big mystery of what to do with her life and career. Gal pals, Sheriff and doggie by her side, we’re waiting for the next action packed installment.
Didn’t care for this one I deleted it