Eugenia Swift is a young woman of singular sensibilities, and a connoisseur of beauty. As the director of the Leafbrook Glass Museum, she's been asked to travel to Frog Cove Island -- an artistic haven near Seattle -- to catalog an important collection of art glass. But thanks to unsavory rumors surrounding the collector's death, the museum insists that Eugenia take along Cyrus Chandler Colfax -- a rough-hewn private investigator whose taste in glass runs to ice-cold bottles filled with beers.It was good, if a little bit lackluster. An excellent comfort read (like every JAK), yes, but not very exciting. A B.
When Colfax declares they must pose as a couple, Eugenia protests in a manner as loud as his Hawaiian shirts. She fears that her secret mission will be discovered...while he hopes that she will be a mask for his own hidden agenda. But soon their very lives depend on making an utterely convincing couple. Because among the chic galleries of Frog Cove Island lurks a killer, and their only chance for survival is the boldest, most artful collaboration they can dare to imagine.
Very nice characters (I especially loved how Cyrus delighted in how Eugenia liked was really strong and good at what she did), an otherwise interesting suspense subplot that occupied a little too much space, and a nice setting.
Liked best: the bantering. That's always one of the best parts of JAK's books.
Liked least: the villain. Too much of a moustache-twirling cliché.
And that's it, really. Not much more to say...