Review: Neat Cozy Mystery With a Twist
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 2, 2012
I must confess. The author twisted me around her little finger with this one. She writes well. Most of the characters are straw men (and women) but the heroine is solid enough for the purposes of the reader. As has been pointed out, a small group of people have comprised themselves into an Agatha Christie reading club. After two meetings, one of their members goes missing. Most of the rest of the book is devoted to the efforts of the "team" to find her. Along the way they find murder, adultery, and other assorted behaviors which the heroine and her sister, at least, deplore. Naturally, there is romance and romantic frustration but these are subordinate to the main mystery plot.I think, when the plot finally unravels to its end, most cozy readers will be pleased with the experience. I had mixed feelings about the characters and their endeavors but, by the end, my problems with the book were dissolved. While not yet in that rarefied stratum of top mystery story writers of which Dame Agatha was a member, C.A.Larmer might well have the stuff to be a recognized presence in the genre.