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robynryle's review
3.0
Why do mystery writers believe their female characters need at least a dozen love interests? I don't know about you, but I just don't meet that many people I find attractive in the normal course of things. Aren't there potentially more interesting questions in a story than whether or not two people are going to have sex or fall in love, or is that just me?
quietjenn's review
3.0
the third sweeney st. george mystery. they're decent darker cozies, although not as strong as some of the more literary books that i think they're akin.
for the most part, things that bugged me in the first two books have been pared down. that said, sweeney acts really stupidly at the end, and that kind of pissed me off. and there's melodramatic bits that you can see coming for miles and miles. that being said, i'll totally read the fourth and maybe keep an eye out for ones that come out in the future.
for the most part, things that bugged me in the first two books have been pared down. that said, sweeney acts really stupidly at the end, and that kind of pissed me off. and there's melodramatic bits that you can see coming for miles and miles. that being said, i'll totally read the fourth and maybe keep an eye out for ones that come out in the future.
nonna7's review
5.0
I've fallen in love with this short lived series and have two more to read. This is such an interesting and literate series of books. I guess I can understand why it apparently didn't do well. The author is now writing childrens' books. So unless she lost interest in the series, I can only assume that it didn't sell well. That's too bad because a reader can learn a lot. Sweeney St. George is an art historian whose specialty is grave stones. She is in Concorde researching Josiah Whiting whose grave stones were very artistic and much more unusual than a lot of his contemporaries. When the body of one of the re-enactors is found, it is apparently the body of a professor and historian who was researching the same person as Sweeney but from a totally different angle. Then it turns out it's NOT his body, but someone else. The book features Detective Quinn whose wife committed suicide leaving him with an infant daughter. Soon Sweeney finds herself embroiled in the investigation. It's a fascinating story with a lot of rich detail. It's really too bad that it had to end.
depizan's review
2.0
The mystery itself was reasonably well done, though the ending was weak, and there was kind of a melancholy to the whole thing. Granted, murder doesn't exactly lend itself to cheeriness, but it seemed like everyone - including the detectives - had really messed up lives. Somehow the historical side wasn't as strong as I was expecting, either. Ah well.
lizakessler's review
2.0
This was a cute little mystery, but not so great I'd want to read the whole series. Unfortunately, without investing in the whole series, the character development comes off a little haphazard.
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