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A review by stephh
Colourful Death by Carola Dunn
1.0
I love reading a good crime novel, but I think this errs on the side of a 'midsomer murders' esque mystery book than something I could really get my teeth into. This is the second book I've read this year that's clearly intended for an older audience and just didn't grip me at all. It put me into the worst reading slump I've had in a long time and was the closest I've come to DNFing a book in years.
A Colourful Death is set in Cornwall where a local artist is murdered in his studio. Local shop owner Eleanor Trewynn ends up right at the heart of the investigation (as she did last time something like this happened), and needs to clear her friend Nick of being accused of the crime. A rival local artist, Nick's the number one suspect as the murdered man destroyed some of Nick's paintings shortly before he was found dead. Between the local cops and Eleanor, the real killer can't stay on the loose for long.
This book just wasn't for me. It was definitely aimed at a much older reader, and although I like slow books with a lot of description, this was slow with a lot of tangents about minor characters that I just didn't care about. Usually with this kind of book I am gripped in trying to work out who the real killer is, but I just totally lost interest as I made my way through it.
I gave this one star and would only recommend it if you enjoy slow crime novels. It reminded me a little of The Thursday Murder Club, but with a lot less humour and with characters that weren't as interesting.
A Colourful Death is set in Cornwall where a local artist is murdered in his studio. Local shop owner Eleanor Trewynn ends up right at the heart of the investigation (as she did last time something like this happened), and needs to clear her friend Nick of being accused of the crime. A rival local artist, Nick's the number one suspect as the murdered man destroyed some of Nick's paintings shortly before he was found dead. Between the local cops and Eleanor, the real killer can't stay on the loose for long.
This book just wasn't for me. It was definitely aimed at a much older reader, and although I like slow books with a lot of description, this was slow with a lot of tangents about minor characters that I just didn't care about. Usually with this kind of book I am gripped in trying to work out who the real killer is, but I just totally lost interest as I made my way through it.
I gave this one star and would only recommend it if you enjoy slow crime novels. It reminded me a little of The Thursday Murder Club, but with a lot less humour and with characters that weren't as interesting.