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I guess you could call it a guilty pleasure — but I loved this book. Sure, it’s not especially literary. In fact, it’s a bit like a grown-up Nancy Drew. But, what the heck — I liked Nancy Drew, too. And I used to speed through Nancy Drew mysteries the same way I sped through this Savannah Reid mystery.
Savannah Reid is a Southern belle turned California private detective. She’s a little brash — and sometimes a bit childish. And she likes real Southern cooking a little more than her waistline can handle. But that’s what makes her fun to read — she’s not your average Barbie doll main character without a flaw. She’s a real woman.
In Sour Grapes, Savannah snags a job as a security guard at a beauty pageant at a nearby winery. It sounds like an easy job until her little sister, Atlanta, arrives, announcing that she’s one of the contestants. To complicate the job even more, one of the contestants disappears on the pageant’s opening night — and is found dead the next morning. Unfortunately, the victim had more enemies than friends, and all of the contestants (except one) are happy to see her go — which makes finding the murderer a bit challenging.
Yep — definitely a guilty pleasure. At times, I paused from my reading to roll my eyes at a cheesy sub-plot or a predictable line — but I couldn’t stop reading. McKevett grabbed me from the second I opened the book, and I couldn’t stop reading until I’d turned the last page. Sour Grapes is a fun mystery — great for a quick, casual read.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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