{"id":18481,"date":"2021-11-21T17:28:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T22:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=18481"},"modified":"2024-11-13T18:14:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T23:14:13","slug":"murder-most-actual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/18481","title":{"rendered":"Murder Most Actual"},"content":{"rendered":"

Murder Most Actual<\/em> (2021) Alexis Hall<\/a><\/p>\n

\"MurderLiza and Hannah are having a bit of struggle with their marriage. A struggle that Hannah tried to help by scheduling a vacation for just the two of them: no internet, no cell services, just the two of them in the wilds of Scotland. <\/p>\n

Except that Hannah didn’t consult Liza about any of it. <\/p>\n

So they are having problems.<\/p>\n

Liza allowed herself a quiet moment to resent the fact that Hanna hadn\u2019t just been overbearing; she\u2019d been overbearing and right.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Their fellow guests are an interesting sort: everything from a retired colonel to a professor to a man and his aunt.<\/p>\n

\u201cBelloc\u2019s an ass,\u201d declared the colonel. <\/p>\n

The door burst open. <\/p>\n

\u201cOh, is he?\u201d demanded Belloc, who Liza would have bet money had been waiting outside for the perfect moment to make a big entrance. \u201cBut I wonder, would the great Colonel Coleman have the courage to say this to Belloc\u2019s face?\u201d <\/p>\n

The colonel stared at him. \u201cYou\u2019re an ass.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And a private investigator who speaks about himself in the third person.<\/p>\n

But when the first death happens, Liza becomes interested and Hannah becomes frustrated. After all Liza is only a true crime podcaster, she’s not a criminologist or detective.<\/p>\n

First, this is very definitely an Alexis Hall book. His voice is distinct and he does lovely banter.<\/p>\n

This was beginning to add up. Not necessarily to add up correctly, but to add up to something, like when you split the bill in a restaurant and somehow everybody came out feeling like they were down about a fiver.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Second, it’s a rom-com murder mystery based upon Clue<\/em> with characters like Colonel Coleman and Ruby. <\/p>\n

It’s also fun, although I did get thrown a couple times such as when they were outdoors someone was described as looking down at the floor. (Is that a British thing? I thought a floor was a finished surface?.) And also when we learn there are stables, with horses–so why didn’t someone take a horse into town to fetch the police when the phone lines went down?<\/p>\n

But it was fun.<\/p>\n

Will you guess the murderer? Likely not. But for me that’s not the fun of a cozy mystery.<\/p>\n

Published: Rakuten Kobo Inc
\nRating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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