Murder Wears a Little Black Dress
by Debra Sennefelder
Series: Resale Boutique Mysteries #1
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Published by Lyrical Press on January 22, 2019
Setting: Long Island, New York
Genres: Cozy Mystery
Pages: 201
Format: ebook, Kindle, Paperback
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Also in this series: Silenced in Sequins , Beauty and the Deceased, What Not to Wear to a Graveyard, Sleuthing in Stilettos
She’s opened a stylish new consignment shop—and the clothes are to die for . . .
Manhattan fashionista Kelly Quinn thought she’d left her Long Island town far behind . . . until the Seventh Avenue expat returns home to revamp her grandmother’s consignment shop into an upscale boutique—and unwittingly sets a trend for murder . . .
After her rising career as a Manhattan buyer is derailed, Kelly has mixed feelings about relocating back to Lucky Cove, in spite of her big plans for the soon-to-be-renamed Curated by Kelly Resale Boutique. What’s left of her luck starts running out when a customer puts on a black lace dress that triggers visions of someone being murdered. As if the haunted “Murder Dress” isn’t enough to kill business, the psychic’s doppelganger cousin has just been found bludgeoned to death.
Was Maxine LeMoyne the real target or was it a case of mistaken murder? With some creepy pre-Halloween bargain hunters walking the night and Kelly suddenly a person of interest, a second murder rocks the close-knit town. Now Kelly could be the one who ends up talking to dead people when she’s stalked by a killer determined to take her out in high style . . .
Murder Wears a Little Black Dress by Debra Sennefelder is the first book of Kelly’s return to Lucy Cove, New York, and it’s such a doozy.
Will Kelly save her blossoming business?
Kelly Quinn
Ms. Kelly Quinn inherited Lucky Cove Consignment Shop from her late grandmother. She has been slowly integrating her ideas for the shop. The reason for the slowness is that she has to get rid of some inventory that doesn’t suit her vision for the store. Kelly’s only employee doesn’t like the new shop. I adore Kelly. She is a great character, and I love seeing this side of her that is hesitant about her vision. It is also lovely to see her being the shop owner at a young age. It’s fabulous how she doesn’t allow her relatives to walk all over her. I’m talking about you, Uncle Ralph, and money-grabbing Summer. I know how their relationship is in the later books, but I like how it starts this way.
Kelly is a fantastic character. I love how she’s adamant about clearing not only her name but the shop’s name, too. She did not sell haunted clothes and furniture.
The Mystery
Kelly has a customer come in, who is a psychic, who tried on a dress and has a vision of a man being murdered. The very next day, her cousin, who looks eerily like her, is dead in the house that they are both renting. The police are looking into Kelly and the psychic who tried on the dress that started this whole thing. I have to say that I had no clue who ended up doing it or really why until it was revealed. Ms. Sennefelder did well in hiding the clues to follow to find out who did it.
Five Stars
Murder Wears a Little Black Dress by Debra Sennefelder is an excellent start to this wonderful series that I have read almost all the books. I have been reading them out of order, and I love seeing how the Kelly I was introduced to in book 2 got her start in this book, along with how she got to be the great woman she is in books 4 and 5. Ms. Sennefelder is a great author, and I love spending time in this little Long Island town.
I am giving five stars to Murder Wears a Little Black Dress by Debra Sennefelder, and I’m recommending it to all.
The Resale Boutique Mystery Series
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Until the next time,
Happy Reading!
About Debra Sennefelder
Debra Sennefelder, the author of the Food Blogger Mystery series and the Resale Boutique Mystery series, is an avid reader who reads across a range of genres, but mystery fiction is her obsession. Her interest in people and relationships is channeled into her novels against a backdrop of crime and mystery. When she’s not reading, she enjoys cooking and baking and as a former food blogger, she is constantly taking photographs of her food. Yeah, she’s that person.
Born and raised in New York City, she now lives and writes in Connecticut with her family. She’s worked in pre-hospital care, retail and publishing. Her writing companions are her adorable and slightly spoiled Shih-Tzus, Susie and Billy.
She is a member of Sisters in Crime, International Thriller Writers, Women’s Fiction Writers Association and Romance Writers of America.
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