Death on the River Walk

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Summary: A Crashing Bore
Review: I loved the other Henrie O mysteries, and looked forward to this one. I'm irked. It doesn't even merit shelf space in my home--I'll donate it to the local library. There is no action to speak of for the first 100 pages. Instead we are subjected to incredibly tedious discussions of how a store functions. I think Hart describes every piece of art in the entire inventory by the time she reaches her conclusion. The initial mystery of whether a certain person has or has not disappeared seemed contrived and left me unmoved. Plus, it seemed implausible that the store proprietors would allow Henrie O to be constantly and everywhere underfoot while they were preparing for their biggest sale day of the year. Worse, the Garza family never came to life for me: I had difficulty remembering which person had been assigned which characteristics. Only two characters in the whole book had distinct and memorable personalities. From Dead Man's Island to this?

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Summary: Another well-crafted mystery
Review: I, once again, enjoyed Carolyn Hart's ability to immerse her reader into the culture and atmosphere of her mystery setting. The descriptions made me want to visit San Antonio and explore the art indigenous to that region. The mystery swept along at a pleasing pace with a surprise twist at the end. Excellent.

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Summary: Murder on the River Walk has a great setting, an okay plot
Review: The best thing about the mystery is the setting, the San Antonio riverwalk and environs, the descriptions of the Mexican artwork available in the shops there. The plot is a little unbelievable ... the hunters of antiquities and the art collectors are compared to the Spanish conquistadors...

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Summary: B-O-R-I-N-G!
Review: This book is a complete waste of time....I agree with one of the reviewers that it does not even merit space on my bookshelves! Save your time and money.