Review: Predictable and Stereotypical
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 19, 2012
Ex-cop who drinks/smokes too much due to loss of wife; small-town cops having their authority usurped by incompetent state police...careless mistakes, e.g., talking about the scent of lilacs blooming during the sweltering heat of midsummer in PA. The only reason I finished it was to see if I truly had guessed the identity of the killer less than halfway through (I had).  It's more 2.5 stars than 3. But it was free, and I've read worse.I hope the author makes Artemis a little more interesting, intelligent, and likeable in his sequel. Perhaps if he (Art) doesn't drink as much he'll be able to figure out clues before the readers do.