DNF

I didn't make it past chapter 7.

I absolutely loathe murder mysteries that are long-winded and have too much going on and none of it relates to the investigating or solving of the murder.

This is the first book by this author and in this series that I am reading, so I have none of the back story of the characters, which I think the author should have been mindful of so that there is some sort of introduction of the main characters in each book.

The Female lead: I first thought she was old because of the stumbling and it was mentioned somewhere that she was a widow. Later though, we find out she has a young child and calls her parents "mommy" and "daddy". How old is she? No adult does this unless they are trying to convince their parents to do something and it's more in a pleading way, not in answering the phone and you say "hi daddy". It's minor, but such an immature act. In the same sentence that she calls her dad "father", she also calls him "daddy". One that shows endearment (daddy) and then one that is formal and distances your feelings (father). I think this author was trying too hard to throw in features of high society that they have seen on tv, but instead of choosing one thing and sticking to it, they tried to incorporate everything they thought of and it came across as someone talking about high society that has no knowledge of high society.

These people are supposed to be part of the upper crust, that's great, but what does her going shopping for designer items (a few well-known designers are named) have to do with solving the murders?

I'm not gonna lie, I already thought this was going to be a bust from chapter 1 when she finds the dead body and we have to suffer through a scene of her stumbling on the carpet and falling "putting her head eye level" to the dead man's naked lower half. Why was this such an issue? I would understand if later it relates to the killer, but why in this instance was this made such an issue? Maybe if this was historical British high society, but US high society and you expect me to believe a relatively mature woman, who has been married and has a child would make such a fuss about seeing privates when first encountering a dead body? makes no sense. why is she always stumbling everywhere? This is another reason why I initially thought she was an old lady. She was raised in high society and is stumbling everywhere? you must know if she was clumsy her parents would have bought her the best etiquette coaches. If you are going to put things in your book, make it make sense!

The whole finding of the first body was hilarious! What secretary doesn't check her boss' office first thing? not only does the secretary not check the office, she leaves wealthy clients waiting, claiming he is running late without any call from or to him? come on!!!!!

Then we have the introduction of a 40-year-old secret sister who out of the blue decides she wants to get to know her half siblings and her father. What kind of nonsense is this? Call me dispassionate but it would have been a HARD no for me if my father calls me up, tells me some secret half sister is coming to our area and he wants her to stay at my home instead of his because "how would it look" or "mommy would catch a fit". um...this woman is 40, not in her teens or early 20s, who the h*ck would know she is his child, and if she is coming to visit strangers, shouldn't she be able to rent a room at a hotel or find her own lodgings? Again, make it make sense!

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