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bookhero6's review against another edition
3.0
An enjoyable read. Nothing new here, just a good old fashioned whodunit. Easy and quick to read, with enjoyable characters and a well-paced plot. Good lazy Sunday reading.
(If this review seems familiar, that's because I had a goodreads account before that I'm copying my previous reviews from. Why did I create a new account, you ask? Well, because when I logged out of that account and then logged back in, I find that that account appears not be linked to any of my known email addresses, so I'm starting over from scratch!)
(If this review seems familiar, that's because I had a goodreads account before that I'm copying my previous reviews from. Why did I create a new account, you ask? Well, because when I logged out of that account and then logged back in, I find that that account appears not be linked to any of my known email addresses, so I'm starting over from scratch!)
luffy79's review against another edition
2.0
Let me begin by saying that this book is the best 2 star book that I've ever rated. So what happened? I'll just say that there was too little plotting, and too much waffling going on. Conversely I think the book should be about as short as this review. I'm half serious.
Too many characters. That means too many characters to keep track of. Their concerns lead nowhere. Somewhere in this book there's a greater offering, waiting to pupate and gestate. The wordiness of the book is its own downfall.
I think that the author, Carol Higgins Clark, knew how flimsy her plot was and the powers that be greenlit the project anyway. That has still not dulled my appetite for the books in the series. I've hit gold before and I'll probably hit gold again.
Too many characters. That means too many characters to keep track of. Their concerns lead nowhere. Somewhere in this book there's a greater offering, waiting to pupate and gestate. The wordiness of the book is its own downfall.
I think that the author, Carol Higgins Clark, knew how flimsy her plot was and the powers that be greenlit the project anyway. That has still not dulled my appetite for the books in the series. I've hit gold before and I'll probably hit gold again.
jennoux's review against another edition
2.0
1.5
I read a book of this series years ago and thought it was good. Oh how my reading taste changed since then ! It was boring... I liked the first 80 pages of the book but the rest was very meh. I won't continue this series.
I read a book of this series years ago and thought it was good. Oh how my reading taste changed since then ! It was boring... I liked the first 80 pages of the book but the rest was very meh. I won't continue this series.
ssejig's review against another edition
This book kicks off the Regan Reilly series of detective novels. Clark has a unique writing style which has the third person omniscient narrator jumping from character to character so that we get to see a little bit of each person's part as the whole story unfolds.
The narrative starts off with a murder, then jumps ten years to a theft and then starts to bring all of the characters together.
Private investigator Regan is attending a reunion of an overseas boarding school (?) that she went to with her friend Kit. While there, Regan's roommate disappeared. At the time, no one was worried but now her body has appeared just over the boundary of one of their teacher's aunt's house. Said aunt, Veronica, is about to embark on an overseas cruise to America on the same ship as Regan's funeral home director father, Luke, and bestselling mystery author mother, Nora. Veronica's companion becomes ill and Regan's old teacher offers to pay double her daily rate to act in her stead.
Is there a lot going on in these books? Yes. This is just the first fifty pages. But Clark generally makes the books easy to read despite large numbers of characters and jumping story lines.
The narrative starts off with a murder, then jumps ten years to a theft and then starts to bring all of the characters together.
Private investigator Regan is attending a reunion of an overseas boarding school (?) that she went to with her friend Kit. While there, Regan's roommate disappeared. At the time, no one was worried but now her body has appeared just over the boundary of one of their teacher's aunt's house. Said aunt, Veronica, is about to embark on an overseas cruise to America on the same ship as Regan's funeral home director father, Luke, and bestselling mystery author mother, Nora. Veronica's companion becomes ill and Regan's old teacher offers to pay double her daily rate to act in her stead.
Is there a lot going on in these books? Yes. This is just the first fifty pages. But Clark generally makes the books easy to read despite large numbers of characters and jumping story lines.
birdmanseven's review against another edition
3.0
Eh. The fact that the blurb on the front was from People magazine should have tipped me off. I guess I can't complain. I was expecting light and CHC delivered. Pretty gimmicky that the main character's mystery writing mom tags along.
We discussed Mary Higgins Clark over on the All the All the Books Show: https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/episode-232-mary-higgins-clark
We discussed Mary Higgins Clark over on the All the All the Books Show: https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/episode-232-mary-higgins-clark
mareoneonta's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting; some what humorous. I'll read a few more to watch the characters develop.
katieisallbooked's review against another edition
3.0
This was a really light, easy read. They mystery moved pretty slowly, but I really liked Regan and will definitely be reading more from this series.
leighannsherwin's review against another edition
5.0
Book one in the Regan Riley series sees her heading out to sea after attending a school reunion in England. She soon finds herself having to solve the murder of a former classmate who vanished years ago. A solid first start, not the best in the series, but a quick easy read.
dashausfrau's review against another edition
2.0
Didn't make it past chapter 2. Who are all these rich people?