Author: Dee MacDonald
Published: June 29th 2020 by Bookouture
Format: ebook, 238 pages
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for an opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
Series: Kate Palmer #1
What happened to the humor?
I have enjoyed the past wit and plotting of Dee MacDonald’s books and was eager to see that she is branching out into the cozy genre - a genre that needs more mature sleuths and less bouncing red curls. Unfortunately, the author let me down with slow pacing, very little humor, and the all too familiar “let me find a man” maneuvering.
Kate and her sister Angie have left their city lives behind and have taken to the Cotswold’s where things move at a slower pace. What Kate didn’t anticipate was the dead body in the Village Hall with a rather large and ominous knife sticking out of Fenella, the town floozy. Determined to mind her own business and not get involved, Kate the new practice nurse receives an earful from her patients as to the carryings-on in Lower Tinworthy. Once the murderer feels that Kate is asking too many questions, and getting to close, she must be dealt with. But Kate has other ideas which involve her clandestine relationship with the local detective inspector.
There is great potential for this series if only for a little more humor and a little less repetition, and with this, the Kate Palmer series could be enjoyed for years to come.
I have enjoyed the past wit and plotting of Dee MacDonald’s books and was eager to see that she is branching out into the cozy genre - a genre that needs more mature sleuths and less bouncing red curls. Unfortunately, the author let me down with slow pacing, very little humor, and the all too familiar “let me find a man” maneuvering.
Kate and her sister Angie have left their city lives behind and have taken to the Cotswold’s where things move at a slower pace. What Kate didn’t anticipate was the dead body in the Village Hall with a rather large and ominous knife sticking out of Fenella, the town floozy. Determined to mind her own business and not get involved, Kate the new practice nurse receives an earful from her patients as to the carryings-on in Lower Tinworthy. Once the murderer feels that Kate is asking too many questions, and getting to close, she must be dealt with. But Kate has other ideas which involve her clandestine relationship with the local detective inspector.
There is great potential for this series if only for a little more humor and a little less repetition, and with this, the Kate Palmer series could be enjoyed for years to come.
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