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A review by bookish_kristina
A Fiancée's Guide to First Wives and Murder by Dianne Freeman
4.0
Another cozy murder!
This series is a delight, with each story similar and yet unique enough to not get monotonous. I found this book to be quite witty and pithy, with Frances’ dry humour much more on display. The mystery itself was interesting and had many players and twists, though I did guess the murderer, this could be just because I’ve read too many of these, as I don’t think I’d say it was very obvious. These are all easily and nicely wrapped up and the victim is never anyone of consequence so you can laugh and enjoy without shame, even if it may be a bit callous, but such is cozy mystery after all. I love the little historical elements to this, where we are grounded in the times with things like the advent of motorcars and telegrams and quick trips across country by train. George again causes problems here, luckily he has Frances to sort them out for him in the end. Still, he doesn’t seem like much of a spy and I’m still on the fence about him, but I guess she’s marrying him so we are stuck with him in this series.
Overall a good addition to the group, and a nice easy read to pass the time.
This series is a delight, with each story similar and yet unique enough to not get monotonous. I found this book to be quite witty and pithy, with Frances’ dry humour much more on display. The mystery itself was interesting and had many players and twists, though I did guess the murderer, this could be just because I’ve read too many of these, as I don’t think I’d say it was very obvious. These are all easily and nicely wrapped up and the victim is never anyone of consequence so you can laugh and enjoy without shame, even if it may be a bit callous, but such is cozy mystery after all. I love the little historical elements to this, where we are grounded in the times with things like the advent of motorcars and telegrams and quick trips across country by train. George again causes problems here, luckily he has Frances to sort them out for him in the end. Still, he doesn’t seem like much of a spy and I’m still on the fence about him, but I guess she’s marrying him so we are stuck with him in this series.
Overall a good addition to the group, and a nice easy read to pass the time.