Review: Expected more
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 27, 2013
I was given a complimentary copy of "Treating Murder" in exchange for an honest review. When I see that a book is the first in a series, I hope (expect) to meet characters that I want to see again. That most definitely didn't happen here. I didn't care for the major OR minor characters and the plot was very thin and uninteresting. I kept waiting for things to come together, but they never did. Everything just seemed to be plopped into the plot, from the young lawyer who finds her irresistible, to the estranged husband who still loves her, to the husband's friend - well, I couldn't figure out why he was in it all. And I felt no connection at all with Veronica Lane. Oh, the author tried, I guess, but it all seemed very calculated to me. I mean really - in the middle of being investigated for murder, she takes in a child prostitute? Not a bad plot device if it had been handled better, but here it just seemed to be thrown in for no other reason than to show how compassionate the doctor was. All in all, this was very disappointing for me and I won't be paying the doctor a follow-up visit.