Review: Good story, needs a little editing
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 30, 2013
I enjoyed this story and would recommend it to others. It does need a little editing - there are places where names are mixed up, but few grammatical errors. There is a bit of the things-happen-just-right-to-get-the-heroine-out-of-trouble and nothing's cut and dry. The one thing that was unexpected for me was the premise of the book. From reading the blurb on Amazon, I expected a novella about a small-town coroner who was trying to do something like open an inn but had to deal with this death first. In reality, it was a novel-length story about a 60-year-old lady, a policeman's widow, who has been getting bodies dropped mysteriously on her doorstep and investigating their murders after dropping the bodies where they will be found by the authorities. She is a likable and relatable character, without any training except what her late husband told her over the years, who gets herself into trouble with her reluctance to let the professionals investigate on their own. The story is almost entirely about a dangerous investigation into murder with a few minor sidetracks about other bits of life.