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snugglekittyI was in the mood for mysteries this week.
Seeking Whom He May Devour is the second Fred Vargas mystery. I liked it just as well as the first, and in different ways. When I saw that the Inspector's love interest from the first book was a main character in the second, I was suspicious - downright wary, in fact. But it was very well done, and the book had plot turns that I found impossible to foresee, yet seemed obvious in hindsight. Brilliant. Four stars. This is an author to watch.
Knit One, Kill Two by Maggie Sefton is a mystery that takes place within a community of knitters. It's not as cheesy as it sounds, and it's better than many modern "cozy" mysteries I've read. It's also not stuffed with knitting references - it would be pretty accessible to non-knitters. It was nice, if not enormously memorable. It was pretty obvious who had committed the murder, and the small-town cast of characters was so friendly and welcoming that you feared they would either start passing around the Kool-Aid, or bursting into song, at any moment. Three stars - it would be a good plane book.
Seeking Whom He May Devour is the second Fred Vargas mystery. I liked it just as well as the first, and in different ways. When I saw that the Inspector's love interest from the first book was a main character in the second, I was suspicious - downright wary, in fact. But it was very well done, and the book had plot turns that I found impossible to foresee, yet seemed obvious in hindsight. Brilliant. Four stars. This is an author to watch.
Knit One, Kill Two by Maggie Sefton is a mystery that takes place within a community of knitters. It's not as cheesy as it sounds, and it's better than many modern "cozy" mysteries I've read. It's also not stuffed with knitting references - it would be pretty accessible to non-knitters. It was nice, if not enormously memorable. It was pretty obvious who had committed the murder, and the small-town cast of characters was so friendly and welcoming that you feared they would either start passing around the Kool-Aid, or bursting into song, at any moment. Three stars - it would be a good plane book.