3.63 AVERAGE

hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Fun, even though the MC is truly one of the most irritating I've encountered!
emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous emotional mysterious 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: Yes
funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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lynwebster's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 13%

 Early DNF due to clunky writing: excessive use of character names instead of pronouns (often in consecutive sentences), overuse of exclamation marks, general overwriting (eg repeating descriptions of objects/people) and so on. All small things that some readers won't notice or care about, but they quickly became a constant irritation to me, and I gave up. 

I received an arc of this book.
Fun, light hearted mystery about Ted who is trying to get her private eye business off the ground. She believes she knows all that is happening, but does she, does she really??
Alongside the great big mystery she is trying to solve there are also family mysteries to solve but how do you solve something you already know the solution to?
Great for fans of Miss Marple and Miss Fisher!
adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous inspiring lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Not by any stretch is this a cosy mystery anything like Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club, despite RWR McDonald’s quote on the dust jacket or Kerry Greenwood’s Phryne Fisher. Main character not likeable but others more so.