2016 Reading Challenge: "A murder mystery"

The Garden Plot by Marty Wingate

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


If I could have given a half star, this would have been rated a 2.5 instead of a 3. It's not that I didn't like the book, but it was just kinda... OK.

The mystery part was kind of interesting but the thing that got me was actually the main character. a fifty year old woman from Texas who has moved to London in search of becoming a head gardener somewhere. She gives herself a year to find the job or she's a failure and as that year draws to a close, she gets more and more maudlin' and refuses to change her plans despite other opportunities.

Then when she gets embroiled in a murder investigation she thinks she can help the police find the right criminal, despite being told repeatedly that she is "not a policeman". She gets attacked and her purse almost stolen but refuses to change her approach on things as if, despite being involved in the investigation, it was a chance thing. She's almost murdered but still refuses to stop taking risks. She makes logic jumps that make no sense. I can't tell if she is naive or stupid. Either way she got on my nerves.

While it wasn't a bad book, I am certainly not going to go read the others in this series. I can only imagine the level of annoyance Pru will cause me if I do. And I have better use for my energy and time.



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