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How to Murder a Millionaire (Movie Club Mysteries #3)
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This is third in a mystery series and the two previous books illustrate important parts of the background and some of the ongoing relationships. I recommend reading in order, not least for details with Sergeant O'Shea, Lenny, and Liam.
The tourist season is in full swing on Whisper Island and Maggie is officially a P.I. with a license and everything. I love that she's explicitly working to make the island her home and leveraging her former career skills as a police detective to make a go of it. It isn't clear how much call there would be for a PI in a small community, but Keane doesn't make it this huge success thing and Aunt Noreen is still providing lots of support, both emotional, and with shifts at the Café. So I liked that pretty well.
The mystery is stronger in this one, with a thoroughly despicable victim and large cast of suspects of varying sympathetic callouts. I kind of thought I'd hate the "find the twenty-years-missing sheep" plot more than I did, though. I mean, that turned out extremely satisfying, even if it was mostly background through the story. And I think I'll just have to take the role of coincidence in stride for Keane as it seems to be a factor every time, at last to some extent. Less this time, actually, with only really one that was a bit of a stretch.
I kind of hated the stupid kink aspects of this one, and having Maggie and Lenny go "undercover" in mostly-not-there costumes was ridiculous (and not in a good way). It was all so tacked-on without having any real relevance so it seemed mostly to exist to add a bit of slapstick. And that's always going to rankle this reader. Though I did like Lenny's casual confidence as that played against type but very well with his character, so there's that.
That last puts this at 3½ stars. I'll round up because I really liked the relationship developments with Liam; plus Lenny's explicitly going for PI status so he can be an official assistant was just made of awesome. I look forward to both those aspects developing in the next book.
A note about Chaste: Liam uses Maggie to get close to the suspects in this one by posing as her boyfriend. I was really glad that he went out of his way to let her know that this was not just for convenience and that kissing her was always in the plan, at least on his part. She still isn't officially divorced, so he's taking it slow and all, but he uses his words to tell her what he intends and that just made him awesome. Like he wasn't already awesome, but yeah... Anyway, this is still very chaste with only a couple of plot-relevant kisses.
The tourist season is in full swing on Whisper Island and Maggie is officially a P.I. with a license and everything. I love that she's explicitly working to make the island her home and leveraging her former career skills as a police detective to make a go of it. It isn't clear how much call there would be for a PI in a small community, but Keane doesn't make it this huge success thing and Aunt Noreen is still providing lots of support, both emotional, and with shifts at the Café. So I liked that pretty well.
The mystery is stronger in this one, with a thoroughly despicable victim and large cast of suspects of varying sympathetic callouts. I kind of thought I'd hate the "find the twenty-years-missing sheep" plot more than I did, though. I mean, that turned out extremely satisfying, even if it was mostly background through the story. And I think I'll just have to take the role of coincidence in stride for Keane as it seems to be a factor every time, at last to some extent. Less this time, actually, with only really one that was a bit of a stretch.
I kind of hated the stupid kink aspects of this one, and having Maggie and Lenny go "undercover" in mostly-not-there costumes was ridiculous (and not in a good way). It was all so tacked-on without having any real relevance so it seemed mostly to exist to add a bit of slapstick. And that's always going to rankle this reader. Though I did like Lenny's casual confidence as that played against type but very well with his character, so there's that.
That last puts this at 3½ stars. I'll round up because I really liked the relationship developments with Liam; plus Lenny's explicitly going for PI status so he can be an official assistant was just made of awesome. I look forward to both those aspects developing in the next book.
A note about Chaste: Liam uses Maggie to get close to the suspects in this one by posing as her boyfriend. I was really glad that he went out of his way to let her know that this was not just for convenience and that kissing her was always in the plan, at least on his part. She still isn't officially divorced, so he's taking it slow and all, but he uses his words to tell her what he intends and that just made him awesome. Like he wasn't already awesome, but yeah... Anyway, this is still very chaste with only a couple of plot-relevant kisses.
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Ami wrote: "You are binge-ing this series too!!! 😄"Well yeah. I mean, they're short and engaging so I'm snacking them down one after another...
Ami wrote: "That is what I also felt with Maggie's "conclusion" for mysteries. But I've taken in stride too, probably because the rest of the casts are charming enough for me..."
It isn't too bad. Plus, at least Keane still lets her be smart and deductive for important bits, too. So it isn't just a gift for coincidence making her an effective PI. I'd have hated that...
And I think I'll just have to take the role of coincidence in stride for Keane as it seems to be a factor every time, at last to some extent
That is what I also felt with Maggie's "conclusion" for mysteries. But I've taken in stride too, probably because the rest of the casts are charming enough for me...