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Herald Of Death (2011)

by Kate Kingsbury(Favorite Author)

3.7 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0425243354 (ISBN13: 9780425243350)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Berkley Trade

series

Pennyfoot Hotel Mysteries

review 1: Cecily Baxter has promised her husband to stay out of any criminal investigations in their tiny town, but this time the police constable wants her help. There have been several murders among the local people, and he fears that they're dealing with a serial killer. Cecily wangles her way into the investigation, but even she can't find a link between the victims. Meanwhile, the usual downstairs romances progress, or don't. It's got a nice Christmas theme, for those who care for holiday mysteries.
review 2: Every year the Pennyfoot Country Club suffers from the Christmas Curse - someone is murdered on it's premises during the Christmas Holiday. In this book, the curse is avoided. Instead, a serial killer is on the loose in Badger's End (the nearby village), a ... moreweek or so before the Pennyfoot's Christmas guests are set to arrive. The bumbling constable asks Cecily for help solving the case, so he will be able to go on his Christmas holiday. The book spends a lot of time following Cecily riding in the carriage visiting the kin of the latest victim. She is completely baffled by the murder and stumbles on the solution by accident. (I, on the other hand, figured out who done it by the third murder, and I am normally terrible at solving murder mysteries.) We do spend some time at the Pennyfoot with Gertie and Pansy, but it felt pretty empty. I will also say that I thought the ending to catch the murderer was really ridiculous.If you have never read a Pennyfoot mystery before, don't start with this one. If you have, I would read this one only if you have a desire to continue on the character's arcs, but not for the mystery. Even then, the characters weren't as fulfilling and fun as usual. less

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