Button Holed (Button Box Mystery, #1)

by Kylie Logan

Fasten-up for the first delightful mystery in national bestselling author Kylie Logan’s Button Box series.

Working out of her button shop in a Chicago brownstone, Josie Giancola has quietly become one of the country’s leading experts on buttons—antique buttons,  jeweled buttons, artistic buttons. Her reputation draws a Hollywood starlet to the Button Box to shop for one-of-a-kind buttons for her made-to-order wedding gown.
 
But after the Button Box is ransacked and the actress is murdered, Josie’s cozy world is thrown into chaos. Homicide detective Nevin Riley is looking to her for clues, starting with the murder weapon—an antique button hook. But a killer has other ideas, like keeping Josie’s lips buttoned up...permanently.
 
Includes tips on antique button collecting!

• ISBN10: 0425243761
• ISBN13: 9780425243763
• Publish Date: 6 September 2011 (first published 1 September 2011)
• Publish Status: Inactive
• Out of Print: 9 May 2024
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint: Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 288
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780425243763

Reviews

[Mystereity Reviews]

Just meh. Didn't connect with the characters that much and I thought there were too many plot devices used. PITA ex? Flaky assistant? Brusque detective? Retired brusque detective? They're all there. Not a bad book, but really didn't interest me.

[MurderByDeath]

I'm not sure how I felt about it - I think initially I didn't like the main character much. The ex just needs to go away. But by the end of the book, I liked her quite a bit more and I'll definitely read the next book.