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vesper1931's review against another edition
2.0
Bruce Kohler carries on with his recovery by holidaying in the Hamptons with his two best friends. Then bodies start appearing.
mj123's review against another edition
4.0
Found on bookbub for free and I generally enjoyed the book. However, I picked the book because it was listed as a humorous mystery but I didn’t find it funny, more light and fun with a cast of colorful characters. I was also generally impressed with the quality of the writing and editing as the stories lines all made sense and worked together and followed to their conclusion. I found surprising that the characters are described as being in their forties and yet act and have situations reminiscent of being in their twenties. Maybe, however that’s consistent with the people who are recovering from various addictions, I don’t know. Also this is another example of how female and male writers just write differently. For example this book does discuss women’s body image issues, although probably handled better and more consistent with the plot than many other books I’ve read, but still something I’ve never encounter in a male writing and always seem to encounter in female writing. I don’t mean to criticize as the author is pretty balanced in depicting males and females and the book is told through a male’s perspective. While the book does contain murders it isn’t really heavy or gruesome just an interesting view into the lives of some interesting people dealing with personalities and a little murder. My personal mystery taste is ideally towards comic capers, but since every mystery today appears to require a murder this is as close as you’ll get to a fun light read. I can almost see it as a television series. Definitely recommended.
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