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A review by marilynw
Private Investigations: Mystery Writers on the Secrets, Riddles, and Wonders in Their Lives by Anne Perry, Jeffery Deaver, Caroline Leavitt, Steph Cha, Kristen Lepionka, Connie May Fowler, Tasha Alexander, William Kent Krueger, Jacqueline Winspear, Charles Todd, Cara Black, Carole Nelson Douglas, Robert Dugoni, Sulari Gentill, Rachel Howzell Hall, Ausma Zehanat Khan, Rhys Bowen, Victoria Zackheim, Martin Limón, Hallie Ephron, Lynn Cahoon
3.0
The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill
I enjoyed the author's last book and was looking forward to this one, which started out okay and then took a drive off a cliff. I held on to the end but wasn't enjoying the ride all that much. My favorite characters were Gus, Mac, and a dog named Horse but with a plot that went haywire, I didn't have all that much fun with them.
Theo has dropped out of school and had shown up at the doorstep of her brother Gus and the sweet dog, Horse. There is a will involved and Theo is breaking the stipulations of the will. But Theo wants to write, to be a great author, and she's come to Gus for a place to live.
Life turns very bright when Theo meets the famous author Dan Murdoch at the coffee shop where she writes. He becomes her friend and mentor and life is good until it's not good anymore. Someone has murdered Dan and Theo and Gus are suspects!
Throughout the story we see social medial posts from some strange usernames saying strange things. Since I couldn't connect the dots there wasn't much I could do with those posts. But then the whole story goes strange on me. I need more of an explanation to enjoy such a long book when I've for sure lost the plot (maybe I never had it?) and feel totally at sea. And then there are some very unpleasant time jumps. There is too much book in some places while there are also places where a lot of years have been left out. The moving forward in time are the quickest and most jarring time jumps I've read. By the time I'd gotten to the end, it was hard to care that I got there.
Expected publication March 19, 2024
Thank you to Poisoned Pen Press and NetGalley for this ARC.
I enjoyed the author's last book and was looking forward to this one, which started out okay and then took a drive off a cliff. I held on to the end but wasn't enjoying the ride all that much. My favorite characters were Gus, Mac, and a dog named Horse but with a plot that went haywire, I didn't have all that much fun with them.
Theo has dropped out of school and had shown up at the doorstep of her brother Gus and the sweet dog, Horse. There is a will involved and Theo is breaking the stipulations of the will. But Theo wants to write, to be a great author, and she's come to Gus for a place to live.
Life turns very bright when Theo meets the famous author Dan Murdoch at the coffee shop where she writes. He becomes her friend and mentor and life is good until it's not good anymore. Someone has murdered Dan and Theo and Gus are suspects!
Throughout the story we see social medial posts from some strange usernames saying strange things. Since I couldn't connect the dots there wasn't much I could do with those posts. But then the whole story goes strange on me. I need more of an explanation to enjoy such a long book when I've for sure lost the plot (maybe I never had it?) and feel totally at sea. And then there are some very unpleasant time jumps. There is too much book in some places while there are also places where a lot of years have been left out. The moving forward in time are the quickest and most jarring time jumps I've read. By the time I'd gotten to the end, it was hard to care that I got there.
Expected publication March 19, 2024
Thank you to Poisoned Pen Press and NetGalley for this ARC.