Rita

Started off a little slow but picked up and by the end I stayed up way too late to finish it, which is the mark of a good book for me. I did guess the who-dunnit very early and kept getting mad at the red herrings, but that's much more the fault of my autistic pattern recognition and less a problem of story telling. The reveal was well done.

I really wanted to like this more, but wow did I find the protagonist, Liza, absolutely insufferable. Even knowing that as the narrator of a cozy mystery she was highly unlikely to end up murdered, I still hoped she would be. The killer was easily spotted and I thought it would have been a lot more fun if somehow Hanna was Mr. B. Parts were still pretty fun which brought it up to a 3 for me.

I really wanted to like this more, but wow did I find the protagonist, Liza absolutely insufferable. Even knowing that as the narrator of a cozy mystery she was highly unlikely to end up murdered, I still hoped she would be. The killer was easily spotted and I thought it would have been a lot more fun if somehow Hanna was Mr. B. Parts were still pretty fun which brought it up to a 3 for me.