Review: Fear, murder, and a few misunderstandings
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 28, 2013
Magnus and Agatha face problems beginning with their first meeting, which begins with her standing up for him before she even meets him.  And though they muddle through the type plot I usually dislike, meaning things a short conversation can solve, in this case it is fitting and finally solved.  On their way to solving the problem between them, they put up with unwelcome visitors, a match-making mama, Magnus' best friend, a surprise for Agatha from America, and last but not least, a murderer.  Even though I pretty much pinned the murderer almost from the very beginning, and the basic reason, it was fun traveling through the process with the two main characters.  Magnus, a loner and product of an unhappy childhood and a difficult first marriage and Agatha, a loner and a female scientist who is not popular at all and while not happy, not terribly unhappy, piece together what begins as a sort of Marriage of Convenience and work it into a real marriage of trust and finally, love.  There were a few surprises along the way with both these two insecure people finding security in each other.  It read very fast and I was disappointed when it ended because I really liked these two and their two friends.  Jo Barrett is another new author to me and I look forward to more of her books.  This one was fun and certainly held my attention.