In My Mailbox: December 7, 2009

inmymailbox

Marcia at The Printed Page sponsors Mailbox Mondays and Kristi of The Story Siren sponsors In My Mailbox (on Sundays) in which bloggers share what books they’ve received in their mailboxes the previous week.

I didn’t post an In My Mailbox last week, so this week I will cover the books I’ve received in the last 2 weeks!

 

1

 Rain Dance by Joy DeKok (blog tour)

2

The Third Angel by Alice Hoffman

3

Match Point by Erynn Mangum

4

Girls of Tender Age by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith

5

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford (blog tour)

6

Not Without my Sister by Kristina Jones, Celeste Jones, and Juliana Bugring

7

Deadly Little Secret by Laurie Faria Stolarz

8

Look Again by Lisa Scottoline

9

The Pretend Wife by Bridget Asher

9 

Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger (won from Facebook contest)

What is in your mailbox this week?


Review: Alibi in High Heels by Gemma Halliday

Book 4 in the Maddie Springer, Shoe Designer Cozy Mystery Series

Book Description from Amazon:

“Baguettes, bodies, and haute couture galore! Shoe designer turned amateur sleuth Maddie Springer is at it again–this time in fabulously fashionable Paris.

When Europe’s designer du jour, Jean Luc LeCroix, invites Maddie to show her creations at Paris Fashion Week, Maddie’s sure she’s died and gone to heaven. That is, until Jean Luc’s top model is found dead on the runway, stabbed with a familiar stiletto heel. Sure someone is trying to frame her, Maddie enlists the help of her friends, including the sexy Detective Jack Ramirez, to uncover a daring jewel heist, a devious blackmailer, and even a few skeletons lurking in the closets of those closest to her.

But as the evidence mounts, Maddie becomes the prime suspect and Ramirez is stuck between a badge and a cute blonde with a tendency for trouble. With her love life on the rocks and a murderer on the loose, if Maddie doesn’t uncover the real killer soon, she might be saying her final adieu.”

My Thoughts:

Another cute installment to the Maddie Springer series.  Maddie is in Paris, preparing for her very first fashion show, with her shoe designs on the models!  Needless to say, Maddie is super-excited, but things come to a crashing halt when a prominent model is found dead, one of Maddie’s stiletto designs stabbed right in her neck.  Of course, Maddie become a prime suspect.  In an effort to clear her name, she gets herself in MORE trouble, especially with her hunky boyfriend, Jack Ramirez.  I enjoyed this light cozy and was thrilled with the ending!  I have the final Maddie Springer book, Mayhem in High Heels, in my TBR and can’t wait to see how this series ends!

Note:  Ms. Halliday has started a new series, starring, in part, Maddie’s “friend”, Felix Dunn, of the LA Informer.  The first book is entitled SCANDAL SHEET is out now!  I can’t wait to get it!  Has anyone else read it yet?

Til next time,
Happy Reading!

Giveaway Reminder!

Happy Saturday everyone!!  Today I will be cleaning my house from top to bottom, getting the rest of my Christmas decorations up, and, hopefully, fitting in some reading time later! 

Just a quick reminder that my giveaway for THE SECRET OF JOY ends tomorrow night, so go get your entry!

I hope you all have a very enjoyable weekend!

Want to win?

April Showers Blog Design is having a HUGE giveaway and celebrating her OPEN waiting list that starts January 1st! April not only does blogs – but also invitations, announcements, calendars, cards, business cards, custom illustrations, and so much more! Just by pasting this paragraph on my blog I’m a winner! http://www.aprilshowersblogdesign.com/.

New Layout is here!!

So, what do you think?!  I just love the cute holiday layout that I won from Adori Graphics!  I’d love your thoughts!  With the 3 columns, is the blog too cluttered, too hard to navigate, or anything else?  Please let me know!!  :)

Happy Friday!