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A review by rachelhelps
Holiday Buzz by Cleo Coyle
3.0
I picked up this Christmas murder mystery at the library in search of a cheesy diversion and it was about what I expected. Coyle (pen name to a husband-and-wife writing duo) followed the usual murder mystery template fairly closely, complete with a confrontation with the killer and lots of false trails, but ultimately leading to a nicely solved murder. It's clearly aimed at the middle-aged woman crowd. In lieu of sex scenes, the protagonist's boyfriend makes lots of satisfied eating noises, and food and drink are central to just about every scene. In a way it was really nice that an author paid attention to the relationships between people and gave them romantic histories; the protagonist's ex-husband is a major character, and no, they don't get back together!
In some ways it was better than I expected, in that I actually enjoyed reading it. There were a few parts where the writing made me cringe, but the pacing kept me coming back for more. And cringing is part of a cheesy murder mystery experience anyway. :-)
In some ways it was better than I expected, in that I actually enjoyed reading it. There were a few parts where the writing made me cringe, but the pacing kept me coming back for more. And cringing is part of a cheesy murder mystery experience anyway. :-)