
That Old Black Magic
Author: Mary Jane Clark
Narrator: Therese Plummer
Unabridged: 7 hr 26 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 01/21/2014
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths

Author: Mary Jane Clark
Narrator: Therese Plummer
Unabridged: 7 hr 26 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 01/21/2014
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths
Mary Jane Clark worked at CBS News for nearly three decades. Her twelve KEY News media thrillers were inspired by that experience. Envisioning the Piper Donovan/Wedding Cake mystery series, Mary Jane enrolled in cake-decorating classes and researched unique wedding locations. The daughter of an FBI agent and a mother who customized cakes for the neighborhood kids when she was growing up, Mary Jane has two grown children and splits her time between New Jersey and Florida.
This was an okay cozy mystery. There were aspects I liked and others I didn't, but overall, I enjoyed it. Some of the things that drew me to the book were: 1) it's set in New Orleans, which is one of my favourite locations, and this book did a very good job of making the reader feel like they were in......more
For someone like me who has never read this author, you may find her style of writing confusing, the large amounts of characters and red herrings annoying and the main character Piper, silly and naïve. For those of you who like this very sweet form of cozy mystery, you will most likely love this nov......more