Review: Glad it was free
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 24, 2013
I'm so glad this book was free, as I would be quite angry if I had paid for it. I only finished because a book has to offend me mightily or be horribly written for me not to finish.  This one came close to making that cut. It was poorly written and could have used a lot more character development. It was such a mish mash of contradictions and absurdities, that honestly, by the end, I really didn't care who did the killing or why. The main character made a point, several times bemoaning her flat chest, but then unbuttons a button on her blouse and sticks her chest out to try and get information from a bank manager, and he falls for it. At the beginning, the author also took great pains to paint the lead detective as a country bumpkin/buffoon, and then later we find out the guy went to Harvard.  He went to Harvard, but has never heard of an armoire, and can't correctly pronounce it until the end of the book.  Give. me. a. break. A lot of the freebies, I have read have introduced me to new authors and mystery series, but not this one. I think once was more than enough.  I won't be reading any more of this series. I can't think of one character in this mess that I care to learn more about. But that is just me.