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ncrabb's review
2.0
This is my second encounter with the red-haired assistant reference librarian with a doctorate in anthropology. There’s a string figures creators’ convention in town. In fact, Megan is the one who organized it. The members of the Murder by the Yard reading group attend, as will others who make string figures as a hobby. One of the attendees is the owner of a valuable unpublished manuscript written decades earlier by the woman who was the world’s utmost string figure authority. He is eager to sell the manuscript to the highest bidder. But before he can sell the manuscript, someone murders him. Before Megan can figure out who killed the manuscript owner, another conventioneer will die.
There are only two more books in this series; so, I suspect I’ll finish it, but not for a while.
The author breaks up the flow of the book with descriptions at the beginning of each chapter of how to make specific string figures. All of that intricate looping and hooking irritated me more than anything. Much of the dialogue seems artificial, and even petite Megan Clark, who never wants you to refer to her as cute, seems overly shrill and feisty.
There are only two more books in this series; so, I suspect I’ll finish it, but not for a while.
The author breaks up the flow of the book with descriptions at the beginning of each chapter of how to make specific string figures. All of that intricate looping and hooking irritated me more than anything. Much of the dialogue seems artificial, and even petite Megan Clark, who never wants you to refer to her as cute, seems overly shrill and feisty.
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