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A review by ppcfransen
Murder at the Lemonberry Tea by Darci Hannah
3.0
I’ve skipped a few in this series, but enjoyable as a stand alone. The run up to the murder was long, but it pulled me more into the story than the actual murder investigation. There are some good twists in the story, but in the end, I felt it was all a bit much.
My issues with that are more to do with the genre than with this story itself. People get accussed of murder with the flimsiest of motive:
These are all reasons to be annoyed with a person, irritated at best. To be glad they are leaving in a day or two and never to invite them back again. Surely it takes a bit more to envoke a murderous rage.
Same with people jumping to conclusions or claiming they don’t believe something someone said. I never like people who take short-cuts in their reasoning and fail to entertain alternative possibilities. (making up the alternatives is what makes mysteries fun.)
Perhaps because she liked other animals than dogs? It really is not as strange as you suggest it is.
That said, when someone entertains the possibility someone is lying, for instance the wife when she claims to not know about the will of her husband’s mistress, I want to know why you think that, because in most cases wives and mistresses don’t share confidences.
But mostly my issue is how freely the police and forensic examiner share information with the general public. Sure one of them has a nack for uncovering the truth, but even if that has scored her some brownie points with the police, that doesnot go for her family and assortment of friends.
I read an ARC through NetGalley.
My issues with that are more to do with the genre than with this story itself. People get accussed of murder with the flimsiest of motive:
Lindsey has a viable motive, which is basically everything from Vivi banning Welly from the lighthouse, to hitting on Rory, to not showing up for the Lemonberry Tea Party.
These are all reasons to be annoyed with a person, irritated at best. To be glad they are leaving in a day or two and never to invite them back again. Surely it takes a bit more to envoke a murderous rage.
Same with people jumping to conclusions or claiming they don’t believe something someone said. I never like people who take short-cuts in their reasoning and fail to entertain alternative possibilities. (making up the alternatives is what makes mysteries fun.)
She hated dogs, right? So why would she give two million dollars of her estate to the RSPCA,
Perhaps because she liked other animals than dogs? It really is not as strange as you suggest it is.
That said, when someone entertains the possibility someone is lying, for instance the wife when she claims to not know about the will of her husband’s mistress, I want to know why you think that, because in most cases wives and mistresses don’t share confidences.
But mostly my issue is how freely the police and forensic examiner share information with the general public. Sure one of them has a nack for uncovering the truth, but even if that has scored her some brownie points with the police, that doesnot go for her family and assortment of friends.
I read an ARC through NetGalley.