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Title: Good idea - needs better execution...
Review: I love cozy mysteries, so I picked this one up at the library. I kept hoping it would improve as it went on, but it really didn't. There was not one appealing character in this story. The harbormaster is rude to his assistant constantly, the annoying assistant puts up with it, the 92 year old sleuth really does nothing to "solve" the case per se - plus she adores the harbormaster even though he treats her own granddaughter so badly. As well, there were a lot of "local" male characters who were bawdy and...just plain icky. Also, the murders in this book were almost too gruesome for a light-hearted mystery. All in all, I was really disappointed.
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