Thoughtful Thursday--The Twinning Murders Book Review

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Summary from goodreads:

The Twinning Murders is a modern day classic mystery centering on the ventures of Emily Ryder, a thirty-something rambler and tour guide. The story opens just before she embarks on this year's Twinning ritual exchange. It's between her historic New England home and its sister village deep in Dartmoor, a wild upland area in the west of the county of Devon, England. Emily becomes personally involved in a suspicious death.. A few days later, at the Twinning itself, her main client meets the same fate. As Emily's world continues to unravel, and though she has little help, she finds herself compelled to piece together the games being played on both sides of the Atlantic.

The Twinning Murders by Shelly Frome
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I am one who has liked good mysteries since I was a young teenager.  I tend to prefer mysteries that happen I England, and so that made this book a promising book to read and review. I loved the protagonist's name and personality from the beginning.  These were honestly the positives in the book. I also appreciated that profanity was extremely mild, and there were no sex scenes.


I was asked to review this book, and I have to say I was somewhat unimpressed. The writing styke failed to grab my attention, and I began to find that I did not connect with most of the characters. But personally, I think that is just me. From what I can tell, many people find this a classic mystery read, and they enjoy it. So do not discount the book simply because I do not find it especially engaging.


I will say that the last few chapters of the book did grab my attention more. As I read about the author, I decided to make it a point to look for other books by this author. I enjoyed the ending of the book, and perhaps a non-mystery read by this author would engage me a lot more. I would certainly give this a two and a half star rating and invite you to make up your own mind about the book.


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