But the following morning, Delbert has vanished.

When the professor’s nephew, Delbert, arrives, he proves just as sketchy as Florrie feared. He offers the property to Florrie rent-free with one condition–she must move in immediately to prevent his covetous sister and nephew from trying to claim it. There’s plenty of inspiration in her new apartment–a beautiful carriage house belonging to Professor John Maxwell, Florrie’s boss. By night, she creates her own intricately detailed coloring books for adults, filling the pages with objects that catch her eye. Synopsis: Includes A Front and Back Cover for You to Color!īy day, Florrie Fox manages Color Me Read bookstore in Georgetown, Washington D.C. The publisher generously provided me with a copy of this book via Netgalley. I am looking forward to the next one in the Pen and Ink Mystery Series. The plot moved quickly and I enjoyed the story and getting to know this group of characters. Add in some interesting and quirky side characters, a bit of romance with the police detective, a relatively close knit family and a bookshop and yo have a good start to a new series. As the main protagonist, she is intelligent, strong and loyal. When she’s thinking and gathering clues she draws in her sketchbook, which becomes useful to the police. I really enjoyed this book!! Florrie is an artist and publishes adult coloring books which are sold at the shop. There are a lot of twists, revealing situations, people who did not like Delbert and a pretty big suspect pool. Florrie is sure that the Professor is innocent, so she begins to investigate in order to get him out of jail. He tells her he will take care of Delbert and when he is found dead in the book store the next day, the Professor is arrested for the murder. When Florrie is worried that Delbert is trying to break in to the carriage house, she tells Professor Maxwell. Shortly after Florrie is moved in, Delbert shows up making fantastic statements insinuating that he is going to inherit everything and Florrie will be out on her ear. It is also a beautiful place with lovely gardens.

For Florrie, this is a windfall, she will be only two blocks from work and have no rent. Needless to say, he does not care much for his spoiled nephew. When his sister wants his nephew Delbert to move into his carriage house, he panics and begs Florrie to move in, free of charge, so he can say that it is already occupied. His family is also very wealthy and well known in Georgetown. When his daughter was kidnapped years ago, his marriage fell apart and he became an adventurer, traveling to exotic places. The additional piece of fun with this book, is that you can colour the cover.įlorrie Fox works at a bookshop, Color Me Read, in Georgetown. I enjoy her other series, so I thought I would give this one a try. My Review: This is the first book in a news cozy mystery series by Krista Davis.

Murder, She Barked by Krista Davis