by Elaine Viets
I’m not sure how I missed this series during my summer mystery spree but I ran across the book recently and thought it sounded right up my alley. And I’m not sure why it wasn’t. The lead character is a woman who, while not without her problems, isn’t afraid to stand up for what she thinks is right and is spunky while doing it. What’s not to like, right?
Yet it just didn’t do anything for me. I didn’t hate it. I read the whole thing and I even went ahead and checked out the next few books in the series. In fact, it wasn’t until I picked up the second book in the series, High Heels are Murder
The characters just didn’t interest me. And with these mystery stories, in which the mysteries don’t have much depth to them, that’s kinda key. Plus it lacked the sense of humor I was expecting. I can’t remember one laugh out loud moment and I think that’s partly why I put the second book down after only a few chapters.
To be fair, I will note the majority of reviews at Amazon don’t agree with me and there were plenty of folks on GoodReads who enjoyed it. So maybe it was just something about these characters that failed to click with me and you’d enjoy them?
