After receiving a call from a friend, aging actresses Charlotte Graham heads to the Paulina Langenberg Spa to investigate a false report of radium in the mineral water. While she is there, several guests at the spa are murdered in the mineral baths. Can Charlotte figure out who is behind all this mayhem before she becomes the next victim?

Originally published in 1990, Murder at the Spa by Stefanie Matteson is very different in content and plotting than currently published mysteries in the cozy genre. Instead of being chick lit with a mystery, Murder at the Spa has more in common with an Agatha Christie novel or an episode of Murder, She Wrote. However, it did not leave a lasting impression with me.

Charlotte is portrayed as a Jessica Fletcher type, but she lacks the spunk that Jessica has. She was fine but a little one dimensional. I never really felt like I knew her as a person. Instead, the book was filed with details about mineral water. I do not think the information about mineral water was nessacary to the plot. It was a bit mind numbing and I felt very victorious when I actually finished the book.

If you like mysteries more about the mystery and less about the characters, this book is for you. The plot is the star of this book. However, I could not get into it personally and will not be continuing with the series.

I received this book from Open Road Integrated Media via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.