Murder at Blackwater Bend
Clara McKenna
Overall: 3/5
Plots and Themes: 3/5
Characters: 3/5
Writing Style: 3/5
Attention Grabbing: 3/5
After the intrigues of their original meeting, Stella and Lyndy are expecting that the announcement of their betrothal and their subsequent marriage will be smooth sailing. But when they discover the body of a family friend floating in the river on an early morning fishing expedition, they can't help but be dragged into the mystery of it.
I think that this and the first installment have been interesting enough, I love a good murder mystery. But I'm having trouble seeing how it can continue as a mystery series in the same sense as other detective novels of similar periods. We have no infrastructure for actual crime solving, they're really just both in the right place (or wrong depending on how you see it) at the right time. They're not making names for themselves as investigators and they're not really gaining any skills aside from the ability to look at bodies without throwing up.
So while I didn't mind the mystery itself, I also spent the whole book wondering if we were going to see any real growth in the characters positions as actual detectives. It was a little disappointing for this to be another mystery based purely on their proximity rather than seeking it out or being sought out.
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