The Family That Stays Together

The Family That Stays Together (Cozy Mystery)

By Deborah Plummer Bussey

ISBN #978-0615818858

Half Dozen Publications

278 Pages

Price $10.99

Rating 4-Stars

In this sequel to “They Still Call Me Sister”, blood sisters Kathy and Tina come to the aide of their friend, a television celebrity suspected of killing her ex husband. Kathy Carpenter, an ex Nun, is now called Sister Nun, a professional psychologist who gets caught up in investigating mysteries.

Readers of cozy mysteries will find the story of interest, but I felt it was a bit slow and dragged on much too long to get my interest. Tina’s language was really over the top, and I thought the author could have toned it down, and still made the point that she liked to use colorful language. On several occasions I wanted to put the book down, but hung on for the final ride. It was a good mystery, and the characters came alive, and for that I’m giving it a 4-Star rating. It just took too long to tell, and the rambling aggravated me.

Tom Johnson

Detective Mystery Stories