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Summary: Outstanding First Effort
Review: This is the first book by Ms Biery and I found it delightful. We start out with Miss Edna Potter in a fictional town called Winslow, Tennessee. She has just retired from the school district that she has worked in for 40 years. At the annual teacher's meeting she stands up and tells all her peers that she is happy to be retiring and is happy to announce that she is a fully licensed private investigator complete with business cards. Everyone in the building is buzzing with the news and Miss Potter can still put the fear of God into those that are around her whether it is students or peers. Miss Potter's first case is to find Carrie Owens, a missing teenager and when she starts turning up leads everyone in town is amazed. From buying guns to finding suspects Edna Potter is a force to be reckoned with. She is not very customer service oriented and has to keep reminding herself she needs to be more tactful. But in a very endearing way she does grow on you and you do get the sense that she does want to belong and does care about everyone of her students and friends. Her methods may be a little different and Miss Potter does get into a few scrapes along the way, which just makes for a very interesting adventure in this first book. Even Police Chief Duncan who at first warns Miss Potter to stay out of police business is able to recognize that Miss Potter will not be going away. She has the tenacity of a bulldog. I really liked this book by Miss Biery and hope that she is able to continue writing about Miss Potter. Miss Potter reminds me a little bit of the M C Beaton books with Agatha Raisin as the start. If you like Agatha, I am sure you will like Miss Potter. This was a quick and easy read and an outstanding first effort.
Rating:
Summary: Outstanding First Effort
Review: This is the first book by Ms Biery and I found it delightful. We start out with Miss Edna Potter in a fictional town called Winslow, Tennessee. She has just retired from the school district that she has worked in for 40 years. At the annual teacher's meeting she stands up and tells all her peers that she is happy to be retiring and is happy to announce that she is a fully licensed private investigator complete with business cards. Everyone in the building is buzzing with the news and Miss Potter can still put the fear of God into those that are around her whether it is students or peers. Miss Potter's first case is to find Carrie Owens, a missing teenager and when she starts turning up leads everyone in town is amazed. From buying guns to finding suspects Edna Potter is a force to be reckoned with. She is not very customer service oriented and has to keep reminding herself she needs to be more tactful. But in a very endearing way she does grow on you and you do get the sense that she does want to belong and does care about everyone of her students and friends. Her methods may be a little different and Miss Potter does get into a few scrapes along the way, which just makes for a very interesting adventure in this first book. Even Police Chief Duncan who at first warns Miss Potter to stay out of police business is able to recognize that Miss Potter will not be going away. She has the tenacity of a bulldog. I really liked this book by Miss Biery and hope that she is able to continue writing about Miss Potter. Miss Potter reminds me a little bit of the M C Beaton books with Agatha Raisin as the start. If you like Agatha, I am sure you will like Miss Potter. This was a quick and easy read and an outstanding first effort.
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