Review: The Case of the Killer Divorce
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 18, 2014
I think that my biggest problem with this book is that I expected so much more from it given how much I enjoyed the first Jamie Quinn mystery. The story itself is okay, but this one reads more like a romance novel than a detective story. In fact, the murder mystery seems to be secondary to tying up all of the main character's loose ends to provide a happy ending for her life in the second novel what was supposedly a series. As a detective story there isn't a lot intrigue and the plot twist, an unsolicited confession by the murderer, seemed just another loose end being tied off by the author. This book reads more like a final book in a series than only the second one. I really want to mourn the loss of a potentially good mystery series because of the preemptive ending given to it in this book.As a romance novel, this is a light read suitable for most ages - no blue language, no sex, no graphic violence, and the girl gets everything she wants by the end of the book.Based on how much I have enjoyed other books by this author, I will definitely continue to read what she writes because I like her writing style. Her dialogue is realistic and humorous, her descriptive passages are well written for light fiction, and her slightly quirky characters are believable.