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This is only the second Roderick Alleyn novel I have read--I gave the other 3 stars as well. I have quite mixed feelings about these books and can't help but think I might enjoy at least one of hers as long as there was someone I really liked to root for.

The problem with this book is that it was hard to really like any of the POVs. There was one I did at first, but when he started calling Barbara, the young woman there, "child" and other patronizing terms it really got my goat. Plus, Marsh's way of describing her awkwardness due to being alone with her family did Marsh no favours in my mind. Plus, even though I know it is realistic to the times, certain things she does with Barbara's mother really got my goat.

In any event, none of this has to do with the story, but of course there is a blurb that says more and I am not always in the mood to write my own (obviously I don't make my living writing reviews, and couldn't this way--I'd have to suck it up and always do that). But suffice to say it is a murder mystery set in New Zealand and it is one of the Roderick Alleyn books (shocking, I know, considering I just mentioned that at the start).

I chose this one specifically to fit with several different challenges, but perhaps next time will read one someone who knows my tastes thinks is one I will really like. And, please, no weak women, or at least one strong, bright woman who stands up for herself that is also likable. The other one I have read is Clutch of Constables.