A New York Times Notable Crime Book and Favorite Cozy for 2011 A Publishers Weekly Best Mystery/Thriller books for 2011 Penny has been compared to Agatha Christie but] it sells her short.
Her characters are too rich, her grasp of nuance and human psychology too firm.
-- Booklist (starred review) Hearts are broken, Lillian Dyson carefully underlined in a book.
Sweet relationships are dead.
