I tend to like small town mysteries because you get to know all the people and there usually aren’t too many extras. This one though just wasn’t my cup of tea. it was enjoyable but the characters didn’t feel all that smart… which is something I need. The narrator did a good job of giving everyone a southern accent however I felt a few characters sounded a little too close together so sometimes it was hard to tell who was talking. story wise I felt things…THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS SOME SPOILERS, I was upset on behalf of Cherry and just wanted to shake her and yell at her to just move!!! like you deserve so so much better than the people you surround yourself with that don’t respect you or your boundaries! the ex husband was a total leach and it felt like he was just going to play nice to try to get her back. her ex boyfriend was a total jerk who could have asked her about her relationship instead of just assuming and I think she even told him a few times that she wasn’t actually married but he doesn’t actually ever listen to her which is such a freaking red flag…. also the bear getting all pissy with her saying I told you not to work for him but you didn’t listen to me… ummm no you didn’t. she said she started working for him and you just kicked her out of your house. and don’t get me started on pearl!! she was the absolute worst. the fact that pearl can talk all kinds of crap about cherry and she just has to take it and everyone says cherry is too much but pearl is fine…. yeah okay. pearl is just as bad