Death of a Ghost

Death of a Ghost by M.C. Beaton

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


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This wasn't a bad book but I found it a little tedious. The pacing was good but the author cut her scenes so short the book seemed choppy. I thought the protagonist rather lacking in detective skills and it seemed those around him provided most of the good ideas. The rival in the police force was too dumb to be believable perking up only at the end when challenged by someone as nasty as himself. This latter character was dealt with which might have been a mistake because he would have made a much better foil for the main character.

I selected this initially because another Goodreads member had it in her 'satire' bookshelf and I enjoy satire. If there was, in fact, any satire between its covers it went completely over my head. If you like Cozy Mysteries, you might like this one but otherwise I think you could do better with a different book.



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