A Fatal Grace

In Still Life I grieved with everyone over the loss of the murdered victim, Jane. Penny wrote about her in life as well as in the memories of friends and she was someone the small village of Three Pines would miss greatly. The victim in A Fatal Grace, CC de Poitiers was the exact opposite. She was awful and there weren't many in the village who were sad to see her go, if anyone.

The murder was intricate, complicated and hard to pull off. The suspect pool was large, but the number of people who had the means were few. It made for an interesting story and the return of Nichol was an interesting side story. But there was a lot going on that the reader isn't really privvy to yet. It was almost as if the purpose of this book is to set up events that will happen later in the series. There are many references to the Arnott case, which happened some time before the events in Still Life.

It was a little frustrating. I don't like reading a book and feeling like I'm missing things, as if I've skipped a book somewhere or am reading something out of order. So I suppose I should jump right into the next book to see if all my questions are answered.

This story, besides the Arnott stuff, felt pretty unbelievable in the way everything came together at the end. It was a good mystery, but really a set up for another book.