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Murder in the Garden
by Faith Martin
I received a copy of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley.
Not one of the better instalments in this series. The plot is divided between Hillary (being uncharacteristically alternately angry and disinterested) investigating the murder of an elderly man in his garden, and the attempt by the outside investigating team to prove Clive Myers murdered Mel. Hillary is dragged into the latter by her attempts to prevent the widowed Janine from interfering. I have read each of the previous instalments, so I'm not sure how well this novel would stand on its own, but I have my doubts...
The murder plot was fairly uninteresting and the solution underwhelming. The Myers story was more interesting, but we kept being torn away from it. I'm glad Hillary confronted Gemma about the dirty money. I need Keith to ditch his hideous boyfriend already. One of the attractions of this series for me is that Hillary is unapologetically good at her job, so her faltering here - what an error of judgment in the way she treated Ross, for example - was disappointing.
Still, I will keep going.
Not one of the better instalments in this series. The plot is divided between Hillary (being uncharacteristically alternately angry and disinterested) investigating the murder of an elderly man in his garden, and the attempt by the outside investigating team to prove Clive Myers murdered Mel. Hillary is dragged into the latter by her attempts to prevent the widowed Janine from interfering. I have read each of the previous instalments, so I'm not sure how well this novel would stand on its own, but I have my doubts...
The murder plot was fairly uninteresting and the solution underwhelming. The Myers story was more interesting, but we kept being torn away from it. I'm glad Hillary confronted Gemma about the dirty money. I need Keith to ditch his hideous boyfriend already. One of the attractions of this series for me is that Hillary is unapologetically good at her job, so her faltering here - what an error of judgment in the way she treated Ross, for example - was disappointing.
Still, I will keep going.