Death on Demand

So torn on this book between 2 and 3 stars. I guess I'll go with 3 since I tend toward the positive side usually.

3 stars for the super-fun setting. Annie Laurence lives on an island off the East Coast selling books (what a DREAM job). To top it all off, she even lives in a posh tree house. She's got a great boyfriend (almost irritatingly too great, mostly I'm unsure why the author chose to make him wealthy). I thoroughly enjoyed all the references to great mystery authors, past and present. It was a Who's Who of Mystery Writers all throughout this mystery.

Unfortunately, this mystery was just not that good. I never ever know the murderer until either the end of the book, or maybe a chapter right before. But this murderer, I knew right off. And I just spent the rest of the book hoping I was wrong, only to find all the clues worked out just fine. I may read more in the series, but it's not a priority right now.

Super fast, but fun read! It was interesting enough that I'd like to read the next book to see what happened when Max pursues his new career!