The Assassins' Village - #1 in the Diana Rivers Series (Mystery & Suspense) [Kindle Edition]

Faith Mortimer's kindle ebook the Assassin's Village has been an enjoyable read for me. I've been experimenting in the Kindle Store, and I was attracted by the use of the commedia del'arte cover. Recently I've read a lot of Kindle crime fiction, and while I've not read crime since Agatha Christie, unless Dan Brown counts, I was looking forward to a well structured plot. Faith did not let me down. I've written an article myself about the joy of reading on the Kindle titled "Why The Kindle Is Better Than Books" and mentioned two authors so far. I just updated it to include Faith's book. The reason the book is good is that it really suits the Kindle format. Short chapters, lovely prologue quotes from Macbeth, and the used of consecutive narrative is handy for Kindle reading behaviour. I've put a link to her product below and I hope you will all buy a copy. It is a good length too, some of these Kindle books tend to be too short. Value for money and a great read for a girl or guy on the go. Enjoy the mystery and beauty of Cypress, and the seedy inhabitants of The Assassin's Village.
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Kind regards, good luck to you Faith, Lisa

I really enjoyed this book, set in a small village in Cyprus. The plot keeps you guessing right up to the end with numerous twists and turns. As I do live in a small Cypriot village made it all the more enjoyable.

this mystery is full of twists and motives from all kinds of suspects who coulda/woulda/shoulda killed the 2 horribly, hateful victims. (i wanted to kill both of them too! they are truly vile!) did one person kill them both? they were killed very differently.

The author has been compared to Agatha Christie. But I disagree. Christie's characters are certainly 'true', but Mortimer colors her characters more deeply, provides more background and backstory. She paints multi-dimensional characters. Christie's weren't always drawn so fully as the reader mostly drew conclusions from the detective's actions. what was chilling about these characters as several of the suspects were 'friends' of the sleuths.

Mortimer's narrative is chock full of psychological nuances and sometimes touches of the paranormal - but not quite.

Diana and Steve are charming sleuths and i enjoy their loving, and thankfully, not sappy relationship. they could be compared to Christie's Tommy & Tuppance. i've only read 1, maybe 2 of those books, and very long ago, so i could be wrong about that.

annoyingly, when you're done with the story, she pretty much told you everything you needed to know - if only you'd read the signs more carefully.