Review: A Good Mystery
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 23, 2013
I believe this is the authors first book so while there were a few problems, many of the lower reviews were much too harsh and I'm an editor.Sorry some of you, but the guy can write and he does it well.Id suggest he mention that Richmond Hill is in Canada at the beginning of the story, so some usage of certain words and phrases make sense to U.S.readers and others not in Canada.Homes do not have lobbies.  They have foyers.  The word lobby is used for commercial buildings, apartment buildings and hotels only, while residential homes contain foyers.Do Canadians call their home entryways lobbies?  Possibly, but in the research I did, I never found a Canadian link.The author made the mistake of saying the apartment was 3b, then messed up and said it was 2b.The author asked the question...."Any witness?"  The "es" was missing.  Yes, there were problems, but you've got an author that can write.  He's talented.Recommendations?  If you believe your work is good, then make sure you have a great editor before you release a book.  An editor would have caught every single problem.In my notes, I have more then 30 different typos, grammar issues and sentence structure problems (a habit even when casually reading.)I really enjoyed this story quite a bit.I was thinking that Annie should have connected Jeremy with the close location of his home to where Chads body was found since she already knew Jeremy and Jake should have made a connection seeing Jeremy on the stores security footage.  Jake and Annie are married and with a detective business, I would think they would have checked out Jeremy a lot sooner.That part at the end titled "The Rest Of The Story?"Silly.I do look forward however to the next project from this writer.  He's pretty good and has potential.