A slice of murder

I was not in love with this book. I wasn't even really in ‘like'.

It was so obviously written by a man. There were pages of talk about getting ready to go, taking a shower (no details about the shower, just a page with characters talking about how they needed to take a shower, the order of the shower, where the shower would take place, etc.) and how they ‘can't be seen without her makeup on'! Gracious! It felt like this book was written in the 80's or 90's, but no, 2008.

The things everyone does made no sense. No one wanted to report anything to the police, the police immediately jump to the main character as the murderer without any sort of evidence. Any time anyone comes up with evidence the police claim they're just covering up for Eleanor. Eleanor and Maddy bicker about all kinds of things that have no bearing on the plot and Eleanor cannot stop talking about her dead husband.

I just didn't like this book. :(

Quite enjoyed this book although I found parts of it a little bit difficult to believe, but that being said I've never lived in a small town in the USA. It keep me interested right up to the end and I'm keen to read more in the series.