Review: Ring for Tomb Service
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 11, 2014
The first few books were great all the loose ends were tied up as any good mystery should be but as the series continues story lines are dropped or not even mentioned though they were brought up in the last book. I'm talking about the Hotel owners son marrying an African woman & bringing her to their small Village. This would have added a great deal to the plot had the author not glossed over it.Another complaint I had was the owners friend Phoebe is quite moral she hears the Gardner has been killed swoons in Lord Fortesques company & this good gentle man who is never without his flask of Gin gives her a huge drink spilling a great deal down her front.Phoebe upon arising from her faint & slightly slurring her words asks for another taste of his medicine & then proceeds to get very drunk. But did the author work this great plot line into the main story NO! At the end of the book she has Phoebe slink off home with no one the wiser what a loss! I won't read anymore of the books as this one especially just stops. The author has the Hotel owner & former book keeper deciding to make a the grand announcement of the book keepers buying part ownership of the hotel & expecting to read this & experience the staffs reaction she just ended the book flat.What is happening here is the author has several series she has started after she started writing this one & these books show she doesn't have the time to write multiple books without hurting her first series. A terrible disservice to us the readers.