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jennariaMURDER TALKS TURKEY: A YOOPER MYSTERY, by Deb Baker.
Cover copy: It's finally spring in Michigan [...] and the locals have only one thing on their minds - the turkey-hunting opener.
But for sheer adrenaline value, not even turkey season can compete with the local Credit Union getting held up at gunpoint. Committing a robbery in a town where everyone is armed for combat is not the smartest thing to do, and the gunman is shot dead right her in the Stonely Credit Union lobby. The only problem is, in a room full of camo-wearing, heat-packing witnesses, the stolen money has mysteriously vanished.
Faster than you can say "Tom Turkey," Gertie, Cora Mae, and Kitty are on the case in this hoot of a whodunit.
Gender of detective: female
There is, in fact, something I hate worse than Wacky Hijinx. And that would be Quirky Characters. The kind that do not bother to have an actual personality, or characterization, because they are quirky and therefore loveable. Except that they aren't.
The first person narrator is horrible at her job. Not that this makes her any different from half the rest of the characters, who are likewise horrible at their jobs. The rest are so focused on being Quirky that it's impossible to tell whether they're naturally idiots or just pretending. Makes it difficult to care about your heroine risking her life when you're kind of hoping she'll die, I'll tell you that.
I do not loathe this the way I loathed, say, Lilian Jackson Braun's book. But that's not saying very much.
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It's a little worrisome when the mere suggestion of a fandom for her next prompt makes your co-blogger laugh so hard she literally falls out of her chair. (Don't worry, she's better now.)
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Cover copy: It's finally spring in Michigan [...] and the locals have only one thing on their minds - the turkey-hunting opener.
But for sheer adrenaline value, not even turkey season can compete with the local Credit Union getting held up at gunpoint. Committing a robbery in a town where everyone is armed for combat is not the smartest thing to do, and the gunman is shot dead right her in the Stonely Credit Union lobby. The only problem is, in a room full of camo-wearing, heat-packing witnesses, the stolen money has mysteriously vanished.
Faster than you can say "Tom Turkey," Gertie, Cora Mae, and Kitty are on the case in this hoot of a whodunit.
Gender of detective: female
There is, in fact, something I hate worse than Wacky Hijinx. And that would be Quirky Characters. The kind that do not bother to have an actual personality, or characterization, because they are quirky and therefore loveable. Except that they aren't.
The first person narrator is horrible at her job. Not that this makes her any different from half the rest of the characters, who are likewise horrible at their jobs. The rest are so focused on being Quirky that it's impossible to tell whether they're naturally idiots or just pretending. Makes it difficult to care about your heroine risking her life when you're kind of hoping she'll die, I'll tell you that.
I do not loathe this the way I loathed, say, Lilian Jackson Braun's book. But that's not saying very much.
*
It's a little worrisome when the mere suggestion of a fandom for her next prompt makes your co-blogger laugh so hard she literally falls out of her chair. (Don't worry, she's better now.)
Team Mariposa, Blogathon 2010. Sponsor me!