Death Trap (Detective Series)

Rating:
Summary: Disappointed
Review: After a long wait for this book I was disappointed to find it not the authors normally great work. The writing style was choppy and hard to follow. The was plot weak and the content not very interesting.

Rating:
Summary: Disappointed
Review: After a long wait for this book I was disappointed to find it not the authors normally great work. The writing style was choppy and hard to follow. The was plot weak and the content not very interesting.

Rating:
Summary: Okay, but not the best
Review: It took a little bit to get used to the different format of the book but i got used to it and i liked it once i got used to the different style. I probably won't reccamend this for a first time sue henry reader cause her other books i think are a little better.

Rating:
Summary: Okay, but not the best
Review: Musher Jessie Arnold is laid up with a bad knee and is unable to train or participate in the Iditerod race which has been the focus of much of her life in recent years. Her sled dogs are farmed out to a friend for training and the only dog she has kept with her is her lead dog, Tank. Feeling very bored, Jessie receives an invitation to help out with a booth at the Alaska State Fair. She agrees, and soon she and Tank are in the middle of things at this busy event. A death occurs, and people become concerned about their safety. Meanwhile a young boy and a senior citizen steal away from their respective homes and join forces to elude their captors. Most of the story is told by flashbacks which definitely detract from the suspense since the reader already knows that the characters are safe. Author Henry brings back a former lover of Jessie's but somehow, her instant acceptance of him, despite a long absence, does not ring true. Having just returned from a trip to Alaska, I was looking forward to the author's usual wonderful descriptions of this area, but I was disappointed that this particular book was lacking in that respect. I gave the book 3 stars because it lacks the suspense and the vivid descriptions of others in the series.

Rating:
Summary: The return of an old friend
Review: Musher Jessie Arnold is laid up with a bad knee and is unable to train or participate in the Iditerod race which has been the focus of much of her life in recent years. Her sled dogs are farmed out to a friend for training and the only dog she has kept with her is her lead dog, Tank. Feeling very bored, Jessie receives an invitation to help out with a booth at the Alaska State Fair. She agrees, and soon she and Tank are in the middle of things at this busy event. A death occurs, and people become concerned about their safety. Meanwhile a young boy and a senior citizen steal away from their respective homes and join forces to elude their captors. Most of the story is told by flashbacks which definitely detract from the suspense since the reader already knows that the characters are safe. Author Henry brings back a former lover of Jessie's but somehow, her instant acceptance of him, despite a long absence, does not ring true. Having just returned from a trip to Alaska, I was looking forward to the author's usual wonderful descriptions of this area, but I was disappointed that this particular book was lacking in that respect. I gave the book 3 stars because it lacks the suspense and the vivid descriptions of others in the series.

Rating:
Summary: An Ultimate Cozy
Review: Sue Henry has provided her faithful readers with an ultimately cozy mystery. In the first two pages of the book, we learn not only that heroine and Iditarod-musher Jessie Arnold's beloved lead dog, Tank, is going to get dog-napped, but also that everything turns out all right in the end. In these days when reading the newspaper provides all the unpleasant suspense a reader could ask for, I felt very grateful to Ms. Henry for eliminating my worries about Tank, and allowing me to read with pure pleasure.

Tank is already one of the most well-rounded characters in the Jessie Arnold series, and the depth of characterization (without undue anthropomorphism) of this quadruped and his relation to Jessie distinguish this series. Readers who value those talents of Ms. Henry will not be disappointed by this novel.