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A Sinister Sense (2012)

by Allison Kingsley(Favorite Author)

3.38 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0425251411 (ISBN13: 9780425251416)

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Berkley Prime Crime

series

Raven's Nest

review 1: Another cozy mystery; this one was disappointing. It's a good premise with the main character being a psychic (who doesn't want to be a psychic) who works in a bookstore, but falls flat, especially in the areas of suspense and world-building. I particularly feel the lack of setting detail; telling not showing. This series is set in Maine and the author really tries with regional detail, but it just doesn't work. Being a midwestern girl born and bred, I ached for a description of, say, the actual taste of a lobster roll and the lack thereof made me sad. But then I was texting with one of my best friends (who was born and raised in Maine) and he described the taste and texture of a lobster roll with such detail and precision that it made me hungry. This series is only ... morefor the seriously hardcore cozy mystery fan.
review 2: I'm beginning to think that there are certain in tropes in cozies that just don't work for me, namely the "I have to find the killer because the police never will." Why anyone who learned information obviously important and necessary to a murder case wouldn't report that information to the police is beyond me. That, in a nutshell, is my problem with this book. The heroine, Clara Quinn, wants to clear a friend's name in a murder investigation, but when she learns key information about the dead man, she doesn't share that information with the police and allow them to investigate. Instead, she and her ditzy cousin decide to investigate it themselves and naturally find themselves in a heap of trouble at the end.What saves this book is that the writing is solid and Clara, despite her trips to TSTL territory, is a likeable character. I was very interested in seeing whodunnit, and that's makes for a solid mystery. I'm probably just not the ideal reader for this book. less

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