Review: Pleasant Cozy
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 28, 2013
This is the third in this series of cozy mysteries, all of which I have read. In general, I have found them readable and worth reading, the price being  right; however, I find them hard to recommend and fully enjoy myself because of the style of them. I am hardly expert in Great Britain, never having been there. For that reason, I cannot speak of the actual verisimilitude of the speech patterns of Lord George with the way an English Lord would have spoken in the late 50's; nor, for that matter, can I testify to the actuality of British speech anywhere in their own land (although I have spent time with  visitors to this country). Having been an avid reader of the British mystery, however, I am puzzled and bothered by the speech patterns adopted by the author; they may be authentic but they sound, I guess,  awkward and artificial are words that capture what I mean. Much of the text strikes me that way. I do get the impression that it is the author who makes it sound this way not the English. At any rate, while I continue to read the books as they come out in kindle, I continue to be bothered in a way that detracts from fuller enjoyment. This sums up to a recommendation that you read a sample before buying.