"An old hat will lead to a new murder"

By: Jenn McKinlay

Genres: Mystery Cozy

Posted: February 22, 2015

Scarlett and Viv are asked to restore a hat that their Aunt Mim made years before. They promise an estimate will be delivered quickly. But when Scarlett can't reach the bride to be, she tracks her down at her workplace. Scarlett finds Ariana cowering in a corner of the back garden.

Ariana's employer is dead, after falling or being pushed from the roof of the building. The place immediately take Ariana into custody. Scarlett is convinced that no one with the good taste to want to wear one of Mim's hats on their wedding day could be a killer.

Scarlett starts tracking down who else might have had a movtive for killing the famous lawyer, Anthony Russo. As she and Viv collaborate on the investigation, they learn there are many people who might have wanted Russo dead but much of the evidence still points to Ariana.

With Ariana in prison and the wedding coming up, Scarlett doesn't have a lot of time to solve the mystery of the this death.

Ms. McKinlay has another winner on her hands. AT THE DROP OF A HAT will have the reader laughing as Scarlett and Viv get drunk as they interview an old girlfriend of Mr. Russo. The interaction between the characters is amusing and Scarlett's attempts to discover why Viv won't date are dismal failures.

The surprise ending will leave readers anxiously awaiting the next book in the series. I can't wait to follow Scarlett through her next set of adventures.

Book Summary

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Library Lover’s Mysteries and Death of a Mad Hatter comes a tale of hat shop owners who put a cap on crime.

MURDER CAN BE SO OLD HAT

Cousins Scarlett Parker and Vivian Tremont’s fashionable London hat shop, Mim’s Whims, is visited by a new customer bearing an old hat box. Ariana Jackson is getting married and wants to restore her mother’s bridal hat and veil for the occasion. The elegant item was made by Scarlett and Vivian’s grandmother over thirty years ago, so Viv is delighted to take the job.

When Scarlett goes to Ariana's office to consult about the restoration cost, she finds her outside, standing over her boss’s dead body. Though Ariana claims to know nothing about his demise, the investigation unveils a motive for murder. Now, with the bride-to-be in custody and the wedding on hold, Scarlett and Viv must find the real killer before Ariana's future is boxed up for good.

At the Drop of a Hat by Jenn McKinlay

At the Drop of a Hat

by: Jenn McKinlay

Hat Shop Mystery #3

Berkley Prime Crime
February 1, 2015
On Sale: February 3, 2015
Featuring:
304 pages
ISBN: 0425258912
EAN: 9780425258910
Kindle: B00LMGK6AA
Paperback / e-Book

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