Murder is Easy

Reread November 2021

Honestly, the only reason I wanted to reread this book was because I watched a perfectly horrid adaptation and I wanted to see if the book was anywhere close to as awful as the movie was. Let me tell you, it was close. (At least a couple of the murders made better sense in the book.)

The mystery itself was okay. Fairly sub-standard but serviceable enough. The horrible things about this book was 1) Luke, 2) Bridget and 3) Luke and Bridget as a couple. Honestly, Luke was awful to spend time in the head of and, really, only liked the pretty girls in the village. He had no sense when it came to investigating a case and certainly didn't act like a retired policeman. Bridget was...not as bad. In fact, the worst thing about her was her attraction to Luke. (She says, basically, that he treats her beastly but apparently she likes it. So, yeah, there is that.) Luke and Bridget as a couple was as bad as the adaptation I saw and I couldn't believe it until I read it. (Not even to the halfway point and he's asking this engaged woman to marry him.)

Really, it's no surprise that I couldn't remember anything about this book. My lasting impression upon a reread won't be anything to do with the mystery, but rather the horrendous ‘romance.'