Review: Good deal!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 29, 2013
I don't recommend the first novel in this pack (Murder Passes the Buck) to anyone over 60, since the main character's cluelessness and incompetence is apparently part of her advanced age (65!).  However, I do not find stupidity funny in any case, so perhaps my reaction to this story is a matter of personal taste.  I also do not like mysteries in which the solution involves motivations and minor characters introduced towards the end of the story.The remaining three stories were excellent, with strong characterization and plotting.  Murder on the Mind had particularly complex characterization and character interaction.  Loose Screw was funny. I had already read the last story, Still Life with Murder, which is always a risk with collections of the sort of stories one reads often. Still Life with Murder is notable for its historical detail of 19th century Boston (with a very few anachronistic modern elements).  If you have not already read Still Life, the collection is worth the price just for this work.