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Cut, Crop & Die: Book #2 in the Kiki Lowenstein Mystery Series: Book #2 in the Kiki Lowenstein Mystery Series Paperback – June 8, 2009

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Book #2 in the Kiki Lowenstein Mystery SeriesAll it took was one scone. When the hot-tempered (and widely hated) hobbyist Yvonne Gaynor eats a tainted pastry at Kiki's scrapbooking crop party, it triggers an allergy that leads to Yvonne's death. Even worse, the police suspect foul play when they realize that someone tampered with the treats and swiped the victim's allergy medication.An expert at stealing design ideas, Yvonne had enough enemies to fill a memory album. Soon, the scrapbooking community pins her murder on Kiki's friends and our ace scrapper finds herself dealing with anti-Semitic threats at the shop, a quarrelsome pre-teen daughter at home, a meddlesome mother-in-law, and constant financial pressure. Despite help from the handsome yet annoyingly coy Detective Detweiler, Kiki has her work cut out for her in solving the crime.

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I have started the 3rd book "Ink, Red, Dead" and I felt the need to tell you how much I am enjoying this series! I can relate to Kiki so well and your thoughtful comments and descriptive phrases are so spot-on for me. I went through a break up of a second marriage about 16 years ago. Oh how I've grown and conquered since then. I went through a time of adjustment from what I call my "former" life to figuring out what I was going to eat, trying to find creative ways to stretch the food but still enjoy it, pay bills, be there for my son and a hold full-time job and a second, part-time job. At the beginning of this period, OUT OF THE BLUE, by a chance meeting, I adopted the most sweet, gentle, soulful brindle Great Dane. His name was Amadeus Valentino. He became my best friend and confidant. I was blessed to have him in my life for 10 years. The love of a Dane is unlike any other pet I've adopted. As I read this series I am smiling all the time, just knowing Kiki is going to prosper and grow through it all. I love my life, and I've worked hard to get here. This series has had me look back on these past years of growth and remember that through the valleys and trials of life, we are blessed and have the potential for so much growth and happiness. We just need to apply ourselves and never give up. I truly thank you for this wonderful series! ~ Denise Aikens

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 3rd edition (June 8, 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 348 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1545077576
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1545077573
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.79 x 8 inches

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"Our best friend, our next-door neighbor and ourselves with just a touch of the outrageous." That’s how RT Book Review describes Joanna’s protagonist, Kiki Lowenstein. The truth is that’s a pretty good description of Joanna as well.

Joanna is a New York Times Bestselling, USA Today Bestselling, and Amazon Bestselling author as well as a woman prone to frequent bursts of crafting frenzy, leaving her with burns from her hot glue gun and paint on her clothes. And the mess? Let’s not even go there.

Otherwise, she’s a productive author with more than 80 written projects to her credit. Her non-fiction work includes how to books, a college textbook for public speakers, and books of personal essays (think Chicken Soup for the Soul).

Currently she writes four fiction series: The Kiki Lowenstein Mystery Series (Agatha Award Finalist, contemporary, St. Louis setting, crafting), the Cara Mia Delgatto Mystery Series (contemporary, Florida setting, DIY and recycling), the Jane Eyre Chronicles (Daphne du Maurier Award Winner, 1830s England, based on Charlotte Brontë’s classic), and the Sherlock Holmes Fantasy Thrillers (late 1800s, based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s books).

A former TV talk show host, college teacher, and public relations specialist, Joanna was one of the early Chicken Soup for the Soul contributors. She won a Silver Anvil for her work on the original FarmAid concert to benefit farmers.

In her ongoing quest never to see snow again, Joanna lives with her husband and their Havanese puppy, Jax, on an island off the coast of Florida. You can email her at jcslan@joannaslan.com or visit her website at http://www.JoannaSlan.com

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Another fast paced thrilling story

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 29, 2022

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Wow, I am impressed. I love it when I find an author who can get the adrenaline flowing and has several books I can look forward to reading....keep up the good work cranking out these tale. I'm loving it!!!!

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Laura S Reading

Romance, murder, friendship and hilarity all included

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 14, 2022

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What is up with Kiki's love life? If you can call it that.
This book delves into all sorts of relationships and forms of love.
Also jealousy, competition, teenage hormones, and friendship from unlikely sources.

The scrapbooking business seems to be at the center of this mystery, but could there be another motive when attacks don't appear to be random.
Besides a strange death that Kiki can't stay out of, this addition to the series has many hilarious moments, including several involving Kiki's usually stuffy and stern mother-in-law.

Something here for everyone including helpful crafting tips.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 9, 2022

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The 2nd in this series is as good as the first! It has murder & mayhem, dogs & romance & humor. Even better, the characters are believable!

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This series is a REAL WINNER!!!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 3, 2022

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I love finding a great read and finding a great series is even better!! Fun, entertaining with a dab or two of mystery and romance is a homerun!!! Love Kiki and all the characters and pets. Everybody should enjoy great writing and a storyline wingdinger!!!! READ AND LOVE IT!!!!! I HAVE...READY FOR #3!!!!!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 13, 2022

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I’m glad that Kiki is changing and developing some spine. The author says that’s part of the plot, to demonstrate how our jobs can shape us and give us purpose.

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Scrapper's Husband weighs in

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 29, 2012

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OK, I do not crop or scrap. My wife is hopelesly addicted to the "cult" of cropping and has made some AWESOME Memory books which are very Creative. Over the weekend she was out of town with a group of croppers and I saw this book and decided to download for her. I got bored with the "classic" I was reading and gave this one a try.

Much to my surprise, I could not put it down! In the span of a lazy Sunday, I read the whole book. I was amazed at my personal connection to Kiki. She reminded me of my wife and had traits of several other significant women in my life. Also, anyone with a mother-in -law will certainly relate to Shelia. Her need to control is a universal theme to meddlesome inlaws. But as always, the hidden agenda is done in a spirit of helpfulness.

The preteen daughter, Anya, reminds me so much of my own Miss Attitude. OMG, I rolmao just thinking about Missy Madames wtf hissy fits.

Slan certainly knows her scrapbook stuff! Reading about the technics and social aspects of the scrapping community was dead -on. Scrappers have their own lingo, which I have been exposed to for ten+ years. It was funny to read the language as used outside my wife's Scrapping network.

What is truly amazing about Slan's prose is how well it holds up in several genre's; mystery, romance, comedy, how to, farce, relationships and crime stories. The spa trip and the saga of the moles are both extremely funny. This book offers an uncannily accuracte journey into the cut -throat world of the cropping cult. I recommend this wild ride for an insiders look at the mystery and mayhem of the acid and lignon free, creative world of SCRAPBOOKING!

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I enjoyed the book. It had mystery romance and humor. What I didn't like was that the ending left me with a very
Flat feeling. I guess books in a series end that way.

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Anna J

Great plot.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 13, 2022

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The story was amazing and the characters are so believable! I adore scrapbooking therefore this book was quite amusing for me.

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Ensure you read the first book in the series before reading Cut, Crop & Die!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 8, 2012

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The singularly unpleasant Yvonne is murdered at the scrapbooking crop party hosted by Kiki and her employer... suspicion in the scrapbooking community falls on Kiki's employer and on one of her friends... a series of anti-Semitic attacks involving Kiki and her employer take place... and then there are the constant references to what happened previously to Kiki's husband (details in the previous book) and Kiki's relationship with the detective who may (or may not!) have solved her husband's murder (again, details in the previous book).

The book was OK; the characters were nicely described and were quite likeable and the plot was entertaining although it became pretty obvious who Yvonne's murderer was about half way through the book. I suspect I would have enjoyed it more if I'd had the opportunity to read the first book in the series before I read this one. I strongly recommend readers to read this first book Paper, Scissors, Death: A Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-N-Craft Mystery: Scrap-N-Craft Mystery Series, Book 1 before reading Cut, Crop & Die: Scrap-N-Craft Mystery Series, Book 2 (A Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-N-Craft Mystery) .

The two things which I found quite irritating were firstly the random appearance of scrapbooking tips scattered throughout the book (even in the middle of chapters!) and secondly, the "bonus material" at the back of the book was too small to read on the Kindle version - even when increasing the font size to maximum.

The book was well formatted and contained very few typos... it did, however, contain lots of American slang which, without the handy Kindle American dictionary, would have left me puzzled.

On balance, it was a good enough way to spend a rainy afternoon, but I don't think I'll be rushing out to buy the third book in the series.

pollyanna

An enjoyable light read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 21, 2013

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As a card crafter (UK crafters tend to do cards more than scrapbooks)I enjoyed the scrapbooking hints and tips scattered throughout the book, even though it was essentially a murder mystery. The synopsis has been given in other reviews, but I did disagree with a 3 star reviewer who said it was obvious who 'dunnit' from halfway through -the murderer didn't appear that early, and certainly wasn't obvious until much later.
The one thing that did irritate me was the constant reference to what was obviously a previous book, about how Kiki's husband died and how she chased down the murderer (who is still at large, so no doubt future books also follow this theme). I do dislike books that keep referring to another book in the series with no resolution in sight. It is almost like a serial rather than a complete book.
This book was quite a good light read, especially for paper crafters, and the characters quite well portrayed, especially Grace the dog, who sounded lovely. At times I felt like shaking the main character, Kiki, particularly where her dress sense ( or lack of it) was concerned. This, as well as a few other things, just did not ring true, hence the removal of one star. I would have given it 3.5 if possible.

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Read, enjoy, look for more!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 15, 2012

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Scrapbooking is my favourite hobby at the moment, with reading a close second. So finding a book about scrapbooking seemed a perfect fit for me!

I found it very easy to get into this book, the characters were believable and likable and the story was really interesting. This is a basic who-done-it with a twist towards scrapbooking. The murder victim was killed at a crop (a meeting of scrap bookers and card makers), and the wanna-be detcective, Kiki, works in a scrapbook store (the store that planned the crop) and likes to play at being a sluth since the muder of her husband.

There were plenty of twists and turns in this book and I was really wasn't able to guess what was coming next, I certainly didn't work out who the murderer was before the story told me!

I enjoyed this book so much it only took me a few days to read even though it is quite long in comparrison to other similar style kindle books. I will be looking for more books in this series as at the end of some of the chapters are craft tips/techniques that I would like to try out for myself! I also feel there is a lot more in the life of Kiki that I'd like to know about!

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Another poorly formatted book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 9, 2017

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Another disappointing read in that paragraphs were repeated, some parts of new chapters were missing. Made reading and making sense of the book a nightmare. The plot (from what I can make out) was good but trying to insert missing material and ignore others was really not what I expected. Will I read any more - not unless it is guaranteed that the book was actually readable.

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Beware a sleepless night may await you

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 13, 2013

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As a rare reviewer I felt compelled to review this book as it was a good easy read.

I bought it a while ago and was casting around to read something a little different and decided to read this. I actually started reading this first but got annoyed with the references to the first book so went back and read that first.

You get invested in the characters really fast and I am in love with Gracie (and would love to meet her lol). I was so engrossed that I stayed up until 6am last night/this morning to finish the book. I have only done this with one other book!

I am looking forward to book 3.

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