Review: Smart whodunnit
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2014
A series of seemingly inexplicable, baffling deaths are attributed to the supernatural so the H invites a renowned detective (who is accompanied by his daughter) to solve the mysteries. The h is atypical: she is very smart and not sycophantic, but battles with reading people and is unpopular with most (male) house guests for being outspoken on traditional male domains. However the H is captivated by her forthright manner, wits and beauty and a (clean) romance cautiously blossoms, amongst a séance, ghostly apparitions in the woods and creaking noises in the night. The mysterious air in solving the crimes makes for a decent romantic suspense and I had a "that's clever" moment instead of an "aha, so obvious" moment when the murder method was revealed. There are few and fixable typo's that do not distract the reader (the author is supposedly dyslexic so kudos to her for getting this good story out with so few typo's). I will definitely read more of Catherine Winchester's stories.