Louisa May Alcott is farming pigs with enthusiasm after her novels success in Concord. Observing people around her and being respected in her community helps her in her detective endeavours.
Miss Collier, not popular dies on her forty second birthday by poisoning. The entire community is ruffled and many of them could be included as suspects. The plot is convoluted, the characters very many. All of them with secrets to hide, practically all of them with back stories connected to the victim.
Not easy to follow but the setting of the story - a small village in a rural area was in itself interesting.
A second victim follows the first and the detective pace hots up. The author kept the suspect well hidden till the end.
Sent by Level Best Books for an unbiased review courtesy of Netgalley.
It's fun that they made Louisa May Alcott an amateur detective in this one, though it's not so fun that the plot was so convoluted.
ReplyDeleteThe inclusion of Alcott caught my eye. It sounds interesting although too many suspects and convoluted plot can bog things a bit. Thanks for sharing and thanks for visiting and encouraging me.
ReplyDeleteI love that Alcott is the sleuth in this one. Definitely one I need to try.
ReplyDeleteLove this premise!
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