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This is the least satisfying in the long line of MSW mysery stories. Despite an involving start, seeting the scene, the rest of the novel gets wrapped up in legal matters and seems to center around the trail lawyer of the story as opposed to our heroine Jessica. Instead, she's sidelined with what could possibly be considered a sub-plot while the Lawyer gets the majority of the action!!
Donald Bain has created in previous books, an excellent narrative, keeping true to the original TV series, regaularly using and refering to TV sidekicks Seth Haslett and Mort Metzger. Although these characters still appear, its almost like Bain's trying to force them in to some tense John Grisham-esque thriller and not a cozy little bedtime reading with 'old friends'.
I hope that Bain returns to form in the next MSW novel and ditches the 'legal speak' and returns to good ol' red-herrings and innuendo.
Jessica and some of her friends traveled to Las Vegas to watch their friend Martha marry Victor Kildaire two years ago. Martha had previously been widowed. Her first husband was a doctor in Cabot Cove. Dr. Seth Hazlitt isn't too fond of her new husband and the quickness of the wedding.
Now Jessica is traveling alone to Las Vegas. Martha has been charged with Victor's murder. Jessica does not believe she is guilty. She starts asking questions and getting information. She joins Martha's defense team and stays at her house. This gives Jessica more access to information. She is interviewed by Court TV.
Victor was a high-rolling Las Vegas local with three ex-wives and many people who were jealous of him. The suspects are almost unlimited. The three ex-wives were diverse and very suspicious.
Once again Jessica is assisting a friend and getting herself in dangerous situations. I enjoyed this book. It is always fun to read a Murder She Wrote book. It is definitely a cozy. I do prefer the ones set in Cabot Cove, ME, as I know most of the people in those. But this book was well written with a good plot and interesting characters.
Not having been to Las Vegas I can't say whether the setting was accurate, but it fit what I know about Las Vegas.
The authors created enough suspects so that you could not easily figure out who did it.
I highly recommend this book and the whole Murder She Wrote series.
I recommend this to cozy mystery lovers.
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