Arsenic and Old Booksby Miranda James
Great mystery--kept me guessing until the end. The author did have a tendency to draw out the suspense by having her detective take a break at key moments. Instead of rushing through the old diaries at breakneck pace, he'd get a headache, feel the need to stretch, or let his cat's appetite be a reason to knock off for the night. Or, when faced with two sets of evidence to examine, he looks at the least interesting one first and then gets interrupted before he can review the second.
I noticed only one minor howler...maybe...but it's hard to describe without letting things slip.
I'll definitely read another one or ten of these.
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