Review: Two Plots/ and Both Good
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 4, 2013
It's great to have an author who kills a black character and doesn't turn the plot into something racial. Yes, later on there is a racially motivated murder and a racial standoff. But the main plot isn't based on the old and often overused 'we won't get along because we're different colors'.I believe the only thing wrong with the book is that it defies the rule for mysteries set forth by Agatha Christie: if you plan to write a mystery you must provide ample clues to solve that mystery correctly. It's perfectly acceptable to overdose on red herrings, but clues for solution must be included among them.Nailed discusses video clues from several stores in town, but we are never told what the videos reveal; we are also told to expect information from a librarian, but that very important picture doesn't arrive until after an arrest.Instead we are expected to believe that Ron based his arrest upon how artistic the scene of the crucifixion was composed. Well, that and the videos of nail purchases. Since we readers could see neither, and I refuse to believe a crime scene is artistic, I ain't buying it.Still this a pleasant way to spend an afternoon.