Review: Disappointed
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 2, 2014
This is  not my first book with Agnes and Eleanor as detectives. I have enjoyed the previous one or two I read. Wish I could say the same for this one though.The characters of Jeremy and Kimberly have got to go. Jeremy is an idiot. The fact that he visited Clare the night before he was to marry Kimberly is just plain stupid. Most men would know better, but stupid Jeremy sees nothing wrong with it. He even kept it secret from Kimberly! Huh??!! Then when he actually brings Clare's father to live in his house, knowing he is married to the woman being falsely accused of Clare's murder, is dumber than dumb. Then to expect Kimberly to go along with Clare's father being in HER home and think nothing of it is beyond description. I take his character as more of a comedy type and I know this is not supposed to be.Kimberly is not too bright either. The super high heels have got to go. Even teenagers would know better than to do this. This character is too good to be true in how she treats some people. Only smart thing she did was stay else where when Clare's father was in her house. I take her characters as a comedy type and I know this is not supposed to be.The story, in and of itself, could be fantastic. I would seriously recommend doing a bot of rewrite on Jeremy and Kimberly though. As it stand, they can't be taken seriously.Agnes and Eleanor come out same as usual except for letting Kimberly go with them for the investigation. It seems to weaken their strength some. I do know the other book I read had Agnes and Eleanor as senior detectives who happened to be humorous, but the way this story is written, it takes away from how these 2 characters have developed. Yes, they are a bit funny and klutzy as seniors, but they did get the job done and they did it well. Kimberly being with them throws a monkey wrench in the quality of their characters though.If you are going to look at this book as a comedy mystery, then I do recommend this book. If you want to read this thinking you will find the same type story as the characters of Agnes and Eleanor have been written as, then I don't recommend it at all.