Deanna King

I won this sequel as a Library Thing Giveaway, Black Rose Publishing, so did not read #1. I am not sure I want to read another.

On one hand, this police mystery was interesting. There were likeable, realistic law enforcement people, good investigation, a fascinating and creepy murderer and satisfying ending. I really liked the characters chemistry. However, I simply did not like the author's writing style. That saying about being "man-splained" instead was writer-splained

[author:Deanna King|19241704] had some irritating habits and made me just sigh. 1. while in dialogue a character would make a pun and then remark it was a pun. This was a constant irritation. The clever reader will pick up it was a pun because of context, and does not need such a blatant explanation. 2. there were too may cliche idioms and again, they were explained" 3. The idea a certain supervisor is disliked and mistrusted was obvious and did not need to be repeated ad nau·se·am. 4. Each crime investigator has a nickname and in the course of their first arrival, their Said nickname is explained - usually a play of their original name or physical appearance. That was clever and a bit fun. But, the nickname being "explained" repeatedly got irritating. The unorganized switching of Real Name and Nickname during dialogue got confusing. I personally would have gone with the Real name while speaking to Higher Ups and the public and Nicknames with one another.
5. The text size and possibly the font kept switching. Not sure if this was a format issue or my Kindle.

Thank you Black Rose Publishing
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