A nice cozy mystery, I enjoyed the southern feel to the book. Detailed description of characters so you could feel like you knew them. Having said that, there was a small detail in the book that I had a lot of trouble with. In the book the mother is described as wondering around the local cafe visiting and eating off of people's plates. Admittedly this is a very small detail in one of the chapters but, it was very distracting to me because all I could think was "Who does that?". Other than that I enjoyed the book. I like how the author gave enough back-story throughout the novel so first timers to the series don't feel lost.