Do you prefer your mysteries to be plot first or character first?

[Emmalita]

Jake is a fan of character driven mysteries and recommends Ramona Emerson’s debut. “Shutter is not a tightly-plotted novel and that might bother some readers but I was so invested in Rita Todacheene’s journey, the diné mythology Emerson drew from…and the relationship between Rita and her grandmother that I didn’t care.”

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[Raven]

Both if possible. The two things need to feel tighter and not afterthoughts