Death by Dressage

Rating:
Summary: Good, goofy fun
Review: With a title like "Death By Dressage," I had to read this book. It's not the best mystery I've ever read but the character is believably insane on the subject of horses and I do like the flippant narration. There's probably more horse lore than story in this one, but the horse lore is pretty much right-on and I really, really enjoyed the description of the clinic. The method of murder is ingenious, although I am a little confused about exactly when the narrator figured it all out -- it's pretty clear what happened quite a while before the narrator cries "Eureka!"

I like the ditzy, screwball heroine. I like her patient husband and her cranky mare, Plum. You can almost smell the horses, and the descriptions of their movement and bearing bring them right into focus.

Maybe not the best horse novel ever written, but excellent reading when you're soaking in a bubble bath after a ride on a cold day!