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The Queen of Poisons

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It was ok, but seems like each book is a downgrade from the previous one.

Listened to the audiobook - narration is still great, liked it as much as the 2nd book. The 1st book I read instead of listened.

No spoilers ahead, but I mention how this one changes from the previous entries in the series.

If on the second book, Judith was a bit annoying, irritating or a bad friend in one or another instance, here it starts to be more and more prevalent.

The mystery is still interesting, and if that's what you care about, it's still worth it.

Tanika almost vanishes into oblivion at some point in this book, which I think it's a loss. The main group's new status as "part" of the police didn't play that well for these characters, and type of story, for me.

I also lament a bit how we also lost some focus on the main characters' work and hobbies. As with many cozy mysteries, this usually plays a larger part in the book, like how crosswords was more mentioned in the first book.

This one was a bit tougher to go through. I'm not sure about the next one, I might read it, but at the moment not so sure.

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