Title: I'm disappointed in the reviews for this book
Product review: I picked up this book on a whim. I didn't know the author, but since I am a gardener and I enjoy mysteries and the reviews on the cover were favorable, I thought I would enjoy it.The first few chapters were ok, interesting premise, likable characters, but after that it degenerated into a mawkish mess, with cliches that usually only tacky romance writers use.Example: "It's only a flesh wound" says Alex about his friend being shot in the leg. And other gems such as "The man collapsed under the jarring impetus of Alex's perfectly executed rugby tackle." (As far as we know Alex doesn't play rugby, so why is it a rugby tackle?)and "What a stroke of luck it had been, her eavesdropping just at that very moment.":read ...needed a way to move the plot along.This seemed very amatuerish to me and I am quited disappointed in Publisher Weekly and the Washington Post for recommending it.
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