Review: Slightly different from the first, but in a good way.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 11, 2014
This is the second in the series of twelve novella length mysteries written expressly for eReaders which I've read.  At a little over 100 pages long these mysteries fit well into my reading time when I don't necessarily want to start a long, epic story but still want something fresh to read.  This story was interesting more from a human nature aspect than from solving a mystery, but it was nice to learn more about Jack (retired from the NYPD but living on a barge on the Thames in the English Cotswolds) and Sarah (the single mother who is discovering she enjoys solving puzzles and problems).  This time there was a fire at a crumbling old manor house and Jack and Sarah want to help discover if there was a sinister motive for the death of Victor Hamblyn.This series is well written with enough background to help understand the mystery to be solved.  I like that Sarah's parents are beginning to figure into the stories so she seems to have had more of a reason to move back to Cherringham after the break-up of her marriage.  These stories are quick, satisfying reads and I am looking forward to reading the remainder in the series.I received an ARC of this novel through NetGalley.  The opinions expressed are my own.