Title: Thoroughly enjoyable
Review: As always with Amanda Pepper mysteries, there is more going on than a "mere" murder mystery. This time, it's LORD OF THE FLIES and how contemporary its themes remain. It's this little extra that Gillian Roberts always adds, this something that makes the books about more than solving the crime at hand, that I enjoy. Which is not to say that this book isn't fun. CK is as adorable as ever, and while there is less Macavity than I would have liked, there are the charming MacKenzie parents added for entertainment. And Amanda's sharp observations about teaching and Havermeyer are always great. Only one complaint -- I figured out the who in this whodunit LONG before Amanda did. The "why" was pretty clear early on, too. So as much as I enjoyed it, I came away feeling a twinge of disappointment. If only she'd spent as much time on the plot as she did on the atmosphere!
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