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This Girl's A Killer
by Emma C. Wells
Cordelia Black is successful at her job. Both of them. Her day job in pharma rep sales provides a cushy expense account for catering extravagant treats to doctor’s offices. Expensive sushi, lush flowers and cocktail hours are all part of the swanky gig. But by night, she is a vigilante. In true Dexter Morgan fashion, she rids the world of one bad guy after another. Serving as judge, jury and executioner, she takes care of business.
The book blurb for this one definitely caught my eye. I liked Cordelia’s spunky personality and her close friendship with Diane and daughter, Sugar, lets you see she has a soft side too. Unfortunately, the reader anxiety I felt at the chaotic crime scenes left in Cordelia’s wake corroded the storyline for me. I was waiting on pins and needles to see which slopy mistake was going to be the damning evidence. Moving dead bodies from location to location in her car (or her even purse in one scene!), burning items in her backyard firepit during the summer, and casually tossing her clothing worn during the murder on the bathroom floor like an afterthought, made for an unbelievable story. Maybe true crime podcasts have ruined me from reading crime fiction but all I kept thinking was how she was spreading evidence like a trail of glitter. There was no way she could commit this crime over and over without getting caught.
Overall, despite some of the hectic scenes I think this was a three-star debut. I look forward to seeing what Emma C. Wells writes in the future.
*I received an arc of this book from NetGalley. This is my honest review.
The book blurb for this one definitely caught my eye. I liked Cordelia’s spunky personality and her close friendship with Diane and daughter, Sugar, lets you see she has a soft side too. Unfortunately, the reader anxiety I felt at the chaotic crime scenes left in Cordelia’s wake corroded the storyline for me. I was waiting on pins and needles to see which slopy mistake was going to be the damning evidence. Moving dead bodies from location to location in her car (or her even purse in one scene!), burning items in her backyard firepit during the summer, and casually tossing her clothing worn during the murder on the bathroom floor like an afterthought, made for an unbelievable story. Maybe true crime podcasts have ruined me from reading crime fiction but all I kept thinking was how she was spreading evidence like a trail of glitter. There was no way she could commit this crime over and over without getting caught.
Overall, despite some of the hectic scenes I think this was a three-star debut. I look forward to seeing what Emma C. Wells writes in the future.
*I received an arc of this book from NetGalley. This is my honest review.