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Lädt ... Can't Never Tell (2009)von Cathy Pickens
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. I just loved this novel. Avery comes home to a small town after botching her own career in Charlotte, and then falls into a mystery and a murder, imagine that. Throw in a dash of romance, some family time, and some time doing lawyering and you have a nice little story that builds itself well for future adventures. The Avery Andrews mysteries take place in the Up Country of South Carolina, an area I have visited numerous times. I suppose that's one reason that I enjoy reading them. This one was a four-star mystery until I hit the last thirty pages. Two bodies were introduced early in the story, and I like my mysteries to have almost immediate action. The resolution of one mystery was really quite humorous. My beef was all of the information about securities fraud and the law that the author crammed into one chapter. There is also an appendix dealing with safe investing. All well and good, and it is timely information for readers in these days of falling returns. But, it bogged down an otherwise lilting story with some dry legal information. However, if the reader can endure for a few pages, the pace picks up again, and the book goes on to a good conclusion. I recommend it but hope the author will be able to subdue her lawyer tendencies in her next outing, even if her main character is an attorney. Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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It's another Fourth of July in Dacus, South Carolina and the carnival fright house isn't impressing small-town lawyer Avery Andrews' seven-year-old niece Emma. That is, until the leg falls off a mannequin posed with a chainsaw. Then even Emma recognizes the human leg bone protruding from the wizened limb. The next day, Avery joins her sister Lydia and her brother-in-law at a faculty picnic up on the mountain. The festivities are interrupted when one of the faculty wives disappears off the waterfall. Avery has her work cut out for her as she follows the money and begins piecing together a very cold case and a very cold-blooded murder. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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I found both mysteries running through the book interesting and fairly realistic and I was glad that there was no attempt to blend the two together and I thought the brief glimpse of Carnie life was well done and just enough for the feel of the book.
I also REALLY liked how the ending made sense and was logical and actually involved the police vs the female lead 't magically turning into Super Investigator and doing it all herself which I've seen all to often and wouldn't have worked with the character as written so I was very happy to see she went with the realistic approach.
I found the characters and the town very enjoyable and am looking forward to reading the rest of the series. Only I'm going to go back to the first one now.