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Review: A Body to Die For

A Body to Die For A Body to Die For by Kate White
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The second Bailey Weggins, and a fun read!!!

There's only so many times I can gush about the fun Bailey Weggins series, but I suppose if I'm reviewing, its as good a place to gush as any! Bailey Weggins is a fictional true crime writer in New York City, who routinely finds herself in the middle of a murder scene, and uses her keen journalistic skills and brain to help solve the mystery. I've heard the Bailey Weggins books described as Sex and the City meets Nancy Drew, and its very accurate!

Some readers don't respond as well to these books. There are lots of comments made about fashion and appearances. I like these, but they certainly throw back to a YA type style, though these books are certainly not YA. I love the descriptors, and I've always been a magazine reader--these felt right in line with other things I've read and enjoyed in the past.

Plot Teaser

Bailey has had a rough few months in our previous book, and she is ready to get out of NYC for a few days. An old friend of her mother's that she is fond of invites Bailey up to rural Massachusetts for a stay at her Cedar Inn hotel and luxury spa. The hotel is nestled in the woods and has cute coming out the wazoo. Bailey can't imagine anything better than a relaxing weekend at an Asian-inspired, tranquil spa, and she wants to see her mom's friend. She has worried that she sounded stressed on the phone, and she was always there for Bailey after her mom died.

But, when Bailey is settled into the spa and enjoying the soothing decor, she literally stumbles across a dead body wrapped in spa mud wrappers in a treatment room. As Bailey is thrust into another mystery, she must abandon her plans for a soothing weekend away. If she wants to be there to support her friend, she'll have to be careful. There's a murderer on site, and the list of suspects is growing by the hour. The worst part is, there's a good chance the murderer may have been another employee at the spa!

Bailey chases down leads and uses her guest status to get close to the other Spa staff, in an attempt to find out clues about how the victim ended up dead. But Bailey needs to move quickly, before she becomes the next target!

Reflection

This is a fun read. Kate White is my go-to author when I'm in a reading slump. Her books are fun, snappy, and move quickly. The perfect read for when a more serious, slow-building book may not capture my attention. I recommend this book to fans of mysteries with a serving of chick-lit. I'd almost verge on classifying this series on the brink of a cozy mystery, though there are some notable differences as well. It does have that non-law enforcement heroine-turned-detective that cozy mysteries often showcase. And her free-lance writing career makes Bailey the perfect person to chase down leads.


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