A review by jmbz38
The Beautiful Dead by Belinda Bauer

3.0

This is the third book I've read by Belinda Bauer, and although I've found them all entertaining, there's something about her writing style that I find tedious. Namely, that she seems to think character development means giving the reader all sorts of mundane details about her minor characters. Sometimes she's able to weave all of these character details into a seamless and satisfying conclusion (Example: Rubbernecker). Other times, by the time you reach the end of the novel, many of the details are revealed to be superfluous. That is the case with the Beautiful Dead. In my opinion, Bauer spends too much time fleshing out the minor characters and it negatively effects this novel's pacing. I would have found the mystery and suspense more enjoyable if they had been a little more streamlined