Pallas Poppies

I thought this book was older than it was because I thought, surely people are tired of the Sherlock character and wouldn't write yet another? But no, they did. You know the character that says blunt things because they are so good at deducting things (when the plot calls for it and yet the MC is clueless and not observant at all at times).

Two other pet peeves in this one, “stupid cop insists MC is a suspects because who the heck knows” and “I figure out the killer because of how the author wrote them, not solving the puzzle”

3,5 stars rounding up.

Been looking forward to the next book in the series. The first one is still my favorite, in that one the three MCs all had their own arch.

In this one, Judith gets the most attention and Suzie feels a little neglected, almost like three MCs are too many characters to juggle.

All in all it felt a little lacking in passion maybe. A little color by numbers.

That said, I still enjoyed this book and I'm looking forward to the series. When reading the first book that was my first feeling, I want to watch this so fun to see it happening. Samantha Bond as Judith sounds perfect.

As a gardener I'm alway annoyed with how poisonous plants are being treated in murder mystery books. Poison plants are so common and most people have them, having wolfsbane is not a big deal and who the heck grows them under a cloche and have them blooming in spring, why? This is a pet peeve of mine.

Same issues I had with the third book, feels paint by numbers and I think the murder here is clunky. In the first book the three sleuths all have their own things going on and have an arc but now it feels almost like there’s one person too many and there’s not enough for everyone to do. Feels a bit lackluster and uninspired.

Reading about slavery always pisses me off.

I don’t really get to know Ona and not really her world either, a very interesting character but we don’t know much about here. There’s more about the Washington's, I felt a little disappointed after reading the book. Also the title is somewhat misleading “Relentless pursuit”, he put and ad in a paper and sent a guy to look for her twice?

There’s a little movement in the B stories but it’s too late for me and not enough. Nothing has happened in 10 books… I’m bailing.