Book Review: Staged (Busybodies Collection, #1) by Elle Cosimano

Staged (Busybodies Collection, #1) by Elle Cosimano is the first book in a short story collection and is available to borrow through Prime Reading. With only forty-three pages, it is considered a one hour read by Amazon.

Lyda, a broker, has roped her friend Dani into helping her stage a Victorian house to sell. When the landscaper is found dead inside the house, Lyda and Dani take it upon themselves to investigate the crime.

I thoroughly enjoyed this story because I loved that it was about fixing up a house and is a mystery. It reminds me of several shows that I like to watch on HGTV. 

Since it's such a quick read, there's not a lot of time to really get too deep into character development, but there was enough there to get a flavor of each character's personality. I'd say there was an equal mix of likeable and unlikeable characters. I wouldn't mind this particular story being turned into it's own full length series.

Additionally, there were lots of red herrings to keep the reader guessing as to who was the culprit. I certainly was thrown. Five out of five stars is what I gave Staged (Busybodies Collection, #1) by Elle Cosimano.