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Battered To Death (2013)

by Gayle Trent(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1476706573 (ISBN13: 9781476706573)

languge

English

genre

Poetry

publisher

Pocket Books

series

Daphne Martin Mystery

review 1: One of the least enjoyable cozy mysteries I have read in a while and I think it was because there wasn't enough to enjoy in this character. The bones of the story were good. She is a cake decorator and is having moderate success in her career. She has a fair romance going on with some tension but not so much that it takes your mind away from the main event. Her supporting cast inludes nice enough friends and neighbours and family close by so that there is support and encouragement throughout her murder solving. It's all fine and seems to be going according to cozy code but... there wasn't anything to love in this character. I didn't care for her. I can't even remember her name without looking it up.In a pinch I would read another one because it wasn't terrible and i... moret wasn't aggravating but there wasn't enough in Daphne (I checked it on the author's web site) to make me return and find out what happens to her next. That is the true death knell for me. There are way too many beautiful and captivating women solving murders out there while they go about their every day business - making muffins, fixing cars, teaching flower arranging, fighting fires, raising funds for museums - and I'll go read about them instead.
review 2: Had this one sitting in The Pile for awhile, so when I came across while looking for something else I decided to give it a go. These books are always pleasant reads and if you're the type of reader who can't abide 4-letter words or sex in your cozies, then this is the book for you! I like Daphne, her boyfriend and the other characters. They come across as "real". I didn't care for the Southern dialect. My family is from the South and they don't talk like that. Usually when people try to "write" Southern they make the characters come across as stupid. Anyway, the story was good enough that it held my interest all the way through. That, in itself, is worth something! Definite RECOMMEND for those who want very clean mysteries. less

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