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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This is the second book in the Bear Collector's series. Bradley Lyons, retired SF Homicide detective, and his wife Ashleigh, are teddy bear artisans who drive to Baltimore to attend a teddy bear show. While there they are involved in the untimely death of one of their competitors. Even though Brad is warned by the Fame-hungry BPD detective, he is forced to start his own investigation to protect himself and Ash from being arrested for murder. The story moves along speedily and the regular characters are very endearing. The story specific characters do have a tendency to be a bit 2-dimensional, but over all and really enjoyable read. Bradley and Ashleigh Lyon are artisan teddy makers, taking part in a Baltimore teddy bear show. Bradley is a retired homicide cop from SFPD. While there, the creators of the Cheery Cherub teddy bear line dies in suspicious circumstances and Bradley's interest is piqued. To be honest, the story is standard mystery with a liberal line in wisecracking and humour. Bradley is a bit moralistic but it's an easy read and if you are a true murder mystery fan, then this isn't bad at all. The one thing that confuses me is that I can't figure out how the title links to the story. I had a hard time believing that the main character, a former police detective who was rather rough and hardened, was now pursing a career as a teddy bear maker along with his wife. The tough guy turned teddy bear lover image just didn't fly, the plot was lacking and the supporting characters were lackluster. no reviews | add a review
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HTML:Former homicide detective Brad Lyon has happily settled into retirement with his wife, Ashleigh, and their new business: crafting artisan teddy bears. They even take their ‘Lyon’s Tigers and Bears’ on the road to Baltimore, site of a big-time bear show. But ex-cop Brad senses something sinister when he witnesses a domestic dispute between the couple behind the hugely popular line of ‘Cheery Cherub Bears.’ And a second scuffle soon has the bear aficionados talking: Another designer has accused the award-winning couple of stealing ideas for their furry angel bears. The tension is enough to give one of the designers an asthma attack, but after using her inhaler, she clutches at her throat—and dies. Baltimore brass deems it a death by natural causes. But Brad and Ash’s suspicions have already taken wing... No library descriptions found. |
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A crafter of artisan teddy bears, former homicide detective Brad Lyon, along with his wife, takes his creations to a big-time bear show in Baltimore where tempers run high and chaos ensues when a fellow designer, accused of stealing ideas, drops dead after using her asthma inhaler. Original Bear Collector Mystery #2 ( )