Author: Roberta Isleib
Published: September 2nd 2008 by Berkley
Format: Paperback, 256 pages
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Series: Advice Column Mystery #3
From time to time, I like to go back to a series that I had let fall off my radar. Sometimes to see if the series still holds my attention, but mostly to see if the writing can hold the test of time. When it came to this book, “Asking for Murder”, neither were true, all I found was stale, flat, and dated. The Advice Column Series ran it course after three books and though Roberta Isleib left a few “what-ifs”, the characters were left up to their own devices and the readers can make up their own minds as to what happened between Dr. Rebecca Butterman, her ex-husband Mark, and any future with Detective Meigs.
When Rebecca finds her friend, and fellow therapist severely injured, she takes it upon herself to find what happened. Was it as simple as the local police wanted to make it sound – a home invasion, or was there more to it and now everyone in Annabelle’s life is in danger.
As Roberta Isleib weaves a dull trail, the reader trudges along in hopes that something will spark and the path to the end was worth it, but unfortunately, not in this book. The who seemed to come out of nowhere and the reasoning for the deaths was weaved out of thin cloth. If you have not already started this series, I would say to just wave it off.
When Rebecca finds her friend, and fellow therapist severely injured, she takes it upon herself to find what happened. Was it as simple as the local police wanted to make it sound – a home invasion, or was there more to it and now everyone in Annabelle’s life is in danger.
As Roberta Isleib weaves a dull trail, the reader trudges along in hopes that something will spark and the path to the end was worth it, but unfortunately, not in this book. The who seemed to come out of nowhere and the reasoning for the deaths was weaved out of thin cloth. If you have not already started this series, I would say to just wave it off.
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