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5.0 out of 5 starsKilling the Wife?
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2015
The winter blues have definitely hit Cora Felton, and she is anxious to find anything she can to get her out of the house. Unfortunately, the town of Bakerhaven is having an unusually quiet spell when it comes to crime. The only crime is a robbery of the local liquor store by someone in an Iron Man mask.
Then lawyer Becky Baldwin gets a new client who wants her husband followed to see if he is having an affair. Even worse, this client thinks that her husband has taken out a life insurance policy on her with a healthy double indemnity clause. Naturally, Becky turns to Cora to conduct the surveillance. Almost immediately, Cora finds the proof she’s looking for. However, the wife hesitates when confronted with the truth. And then things really explode.
The books in the series can be hit or miss, but I really enjoyed this one. Yes, the book does feature the word play and banter I love, but that also served to advance the story and wasn’t just the characters showing off. The story took some interesting twists and turns along the way to the climax, which was a bit rushed, but that’s often the case in the series. The characters have never been super developed, but they are developed enough to be fun, and there is an interesting new development for Cora in the book.
Fans of the series will delight in this fun and, dare I say it, puzzling mystery.
