Death in Rough Water: A Merry Folger Mystery

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Summary: Hated it
Review: I found the premise of this book to be totally unbelievable. Maybe I am too "cosmopolitan," but I find it impossible to believe that in the mid-1990s, the setting for this book, a father would kick out of the house and stop speaking to a daughter who, apparently at least 30 years old, becomes pregnant and decides to have the child. In addition, we are expected to believe the whole town condemns her and her "loose morals" and character deficits. We're also expected to believe this same man would leave his most treasured possessions to a man who has little, if any, respect and affection for him, and that he would suggest this same man to be his "illegitimate" granddaughter's legal guardian! What a bunch of hogwash.

Rating:
Summary: Pretentious
Review: This book is so pretentious I found it hard to believe anyone would publish it. I hated it too. The author spends so much time trying to be witty and urbane that the story suffers, and the readers also.

Rating:
Summary: Pretentious
Review: This book is so pretentious I found it hard to believe anyone would publish it. I hated it too. The author spends so much time trying to be witty and urbane that the story suffers, and the readers also.

Rating:
Summary: Great book!
Review: This was the first book I bought by Francine and I've read all of the others since. Very good author and an excellent place setting too. Highly recommend this one.