Handbags and Homicide
Purses and Poison 
Shoulder Bags and Shootings 
I really wanted to enjoy these books. The plot, characters, and theme of the Haley Randolph mysteries sounded hilarious and cute when I read the pitch—but upon beginning the read, I found that Haley Randolph is an immature, obnoxious, annoying character that drove me crazy. I really didn't care what happened to her… in fact I found myself wanting some brave character to come across her and grab her by the shoulders, and shake her… and maybe yell at her, and get some sense into her brain. Though I would be surprised if they succeeded.
The writing was contemporary, which basically equates to fragments, fragments, and… oh. what was it… oh yeah. more fragments. It matched the character perfectly: annoying and obnoxious.
I'm really sad I didn't like this series… it looked really cute, and I'm all for light summer reads, purses, murder mysteries, and cute boyfriends… but I couldn't stand Haley, so I couldn't stand the books.
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