Fiction

Category: ReviewAuthor: Jacqueline VickGenres: Fiction, Humor, MysterySeries: A Harlow Brothers MysteryEverybody loves Aunt Civility’s etiquette books, but no one has ever met the author. That’s because Aunt Civility is really the short-tempered Edward Harlow, a secret shared only by his publisher and his younger brother, Nicholas. As far as the public knows, Aunt Civility is a recluse, and so Edward makes select appearances as her official representative, with Nicholas along as his secretary. Edward’s latest appearance is at the Victorian Preservation Society’s annual convention, held at the isolated Inglenook Resort. The guests are snowed in before the society members arrive, and when dead body turns up in the room next door, Edward is in danger of losing his manners. Will an association with murder—the ultimate unpleasantness—sully Aunt Civility’s reputation? Like a good secretary, Nicholas will do whatever it takes to keep the boss happy, but as the body count rises, so does this secretary’s chances of becoming the next victim.Jacqueline Vick’s “Civility Rules” murder mystery was on my ‘must read’ list after I read her “Frankie Chandler Pet Psychic Detective” 6-book series. While I thoroughly enjoyed that series, I had a more difficult time getting back to Civility Rules each time I returned to continue the book. I think the reason is that I’m used to reading and writing MG and YA books and this book kind of overwhelmed me with characters and conversations between those many characters. All that being said, the story was indeed far from being predictable Read more