kuzumel reviewed on 4/4/2014 + 112 more book reviews

Ok. This reads like at least Nora participated in the editting of the drafts. The flow is still not quite the same, but it is not as glaringly different as the previous three books.

The plot chugs along and I guessed whodunit by the middle. However there is lots of developments amongst the usual cast fo characters, so I didn't mind the less gripping pacing. The humorous interludes play well. Dallas seems to be delegating some of the detecting work to her staff, especially Peabody - although Baxter seems tamer/calmer than usual. And we get Mavis and Leonardo doing more than the usual " warm body" cameo.

This is not one of the hardboiled, "Dallas on a steamroller" mysteries that hooked me at the series start. So I did put it down a few times - but never for more than a few hours.

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