Reviews

Kindred Crimes by Janet Dawson

maw539's review

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I've always enjoyed Sue Grafton’s series featuring Kinsey Millhone so when this series was pitched as a similar style I figured it would be worth a read and I wasn't disappointed. In keeping with other similar books, the main character, PI, Jeri Howard, gets sucked into the case she has been hired to solve, and won't back down despite every road block put in her way. While part of the ending was fairly transparent there were some twists and turns which even I didn't see coming.

grumpy_dragon_48's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

vesper1931's review

4.0

Renee Foster,according to her husband had no family and no friends so where has she disappeared to. So can Jeri Howard, P.I. find her. And who is Renee Foster.
An enjoyable, well-written mystery though I did work out the twist. I shall look out for the next in the series.

audreyintheheadphones's review

3.0

A fun and functional entry into the genre of female private investigators, with lots of super Bay Area detailing, that's let down in the middle by pacing gone awry, and shoehorning in a romance where it didn't remotely need to be. But I don't enjoy Jeri enough as a character, nor the writing style enough to go on with the series.

(To be clear: the romance with Mark worked and was hot, but the Sid thing came from wicked far out of left field.)