Review: Where to start?
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 21, 2014
This book is in need of some serious editing. There is way too much chatter that is irrelevant to the story. Chapters 1 through 12 could easily be cut down to an intro and maybe chapter 12.Mr. Demaree knows his way around good banter. He also writes good sentences, each moves his story along. But he should concern himself with applying his skill toward story development and not try to be so clever with the fillers.The problem is that he makes the story about Dekker and the murder mystery fall somewhere behind that. I was in the 12th chapter and thought I was reading the confessions of a reformed junk food junkie. I had to look back to the book cover to see if I was reading the book I had intended to read.Finally, at the end of chapter 12 there was a hint of a murder. Then what? Still it was more about Dekker. Where is the character development of the victim, the murderer, the victim's wife, the suspects? I have no idea who these people are. And where was the urgency when it became clear there was something very wrong at the fair? Dekker's group sat around the fair talking about whether or not they should do something about their suspicions.I noticed there are many other stories in the series. I think I've learned more than enough about Dekker in this one story.