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devlin_wav 's review for:
Murder Crossed Her Mind
by Stephen Spotswood
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Stephen Spotswood is back with another delightful noir mystery, Murder Crossed Her Mind, and let me tell you—if witty banter, stylish dames, and body counts are your thing, you’re in for a treat. If they aren’t your thing, then I don’t know what to tell you. Therapy, maybe?
Our favorite sleuthing duo, Lillian Pentecost and Willowjean “Will” Parker, return with their usual blend of hard-boiled charm and quippy brilliance. Pentecost is still the brains of the operation, and Will is still the muscle, sass, and occasional bull-in-a-china-shop chaos element we all aspire to be. Imagine Sherlock Holmes if he had arthritis and a sense of humor, paired with a circus-trained bisexual with a mean right hook. Yes, it’s as glorious as it sounds.
The murder itself is twisty, mysterious, and packed with enough red herrings to start a seafood market. But the real joy of the book is in the dynamic between the leads—think Batman and Robin, if Robin smoked Lucky Strikes and could throw a knife with her toes.
Spotswood writes with such crisp dialogue and delicious noir atmosphere that you’ll practically start narrating your own life in a smoky 1940s voice-over. “She walked into the kitchen like she owned the place. Probably because she did.”
In short, Murder Crossed Her Mind is smart, stylish, and irresistibly fun. It’s a murder mystery that makes you laugh and makes you paranoid about everyone’s alibis. 4.75 out of 5 trench coats.