“Hairspray and Homicide” by Cindy Bell is a cozy mystery
which is a series. The main character, Bekki, a top hairstylist in New York
City, has just had her world cave in around her. She has lost her reason for
living; her man has dumped her. She does what any girl in her position would
do; she goes back to her roots. Back home, she finds her mom, dad and a
long-lost love. However, she also finds herself in the middle of a feud between
her mom and her mom’s business rival, which leads to murder.
This is the first cozy mystery which I have read, and while
I find it a little simple, it was enjoyable to spend a few hours instead few
days reading one story. Unlike most of the series that I read, I am not enticed
to read the second book. I realized that a cozy mystery is by nature a shorter
version of a story. However, I am used to having the characters fleshed out for
me, which was not the case in “Hairspray and Homicide”. I will give the genre,
Cozy Mysteries” another try at a later date.
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