A review by tinamoo
Past Tense by Catherine Aird

4.0

I have to be honest. I picked this up from the library really not expecting much from it as I chose it through lack of choice rather than really wanting to read it. I was pleasantly surprised that I really enjoyed it. I would put this in the genre of cozy crime. The story starts with Janet Wakefield receiving a telephone call from a nursing home telling her that her husband's great aunt Josephine had died. This is a surprise to Janet because she had no idea her husband had a great aunt. With her husband abroad on business it falls to Janet to arrange the funeral. At the funeral Josephine's grandson Joe turns up. A dead body of a young nurse turns up and there is also a break in at the nursing home. DCI Sloan has to work out what is going on and if everything is connected. My one criticism of this book is that the characters of Janet and Bill Wakefield are written as though they were in their 50's but they are actually in their late 20's early 30's. I did not guess the ending until very close to the reveal. I think that the twist was quite obvious and most people would have guessed it much earlier than I did.