Review: Review on News from Dead Mule Swamp
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 8, 2011
News From Dead Mule Swamp is a really cozy, small town mystery. I love, love, love books about small towns. I live have lived almost all my life in small towns and it's awesome when an author can grasp the reality of what small town life is really like.Anyway, this book is more of a novella, it's short, but so worth the read. I don't read enough mysteries so it was refreshing to get my hands on a good one. I liked Ana's back story, the failed marriage and her running off to hide in the country. It gives us a good idea of what her character might be like.We also get to meet several of the town's people, I have a feeling we may be getting to know some of them a little bit better in the future. My favorite character was Cora Baker. Ana meets Cora when she is looking for a copy of the newspaper and discovers that Cora literally has a museum in her barn. Cora, obsessed with the history since she was a child, sounds like someone I could hang out with. I liked her because when I read mysteries, I don't trust anyone...you know, they could be the killer. But, Cora I knew I could trust and she believed Ana from the get go, when everyone else told her she was chasing after stuff that wasn't there.Anyhow, I can't really say much more...because it's a mystery!Seriously, I don't want to say anything that will give it away, but I did want to do a review and let you guys know that you won't be disappointed if you pick up this book!