A Verlaque and Bonnet Provencal Mystery
Author: M.L. Longworth
Publisher: Penguin
Publication Date: May 28, 2013
Uh, could it be the...
[I don't know if this counts as a spoiler because it doesn't reveal the ending but it does talk about things that happen past the first few chapters, so I'll put up a "spoiler warning" and let you decide.]
*SPOILER ALERT*
...serial rapist?
Yep. That's right. The major crimes in this book involve murder (to be expected in a murder mystery) and multiple rapes.
I did not expect that because everything about this book suggest it's a cozy mystery, not a crime thriller, so I didn't think there would be a serial rapist storyline! On the other hand, it's not the only cozy I've read this month with similar themes so maybe it's a trend? If so, it's not one I'm looking forward to. I know it was very common to have rape stories in those pulp fiction crime novels of the '50s, '60s and even '70s, but it is NOT my idea of a "cozy." At all.
...serial rapist?
Yep. That's right. The major crimes in this book involve murder (to be expected in a murder mystery) and multiple rapes.
I did not expect that because everything about this book suggest it's a cozy mystery, not a crime thriller, so I didn't think there would be a serial rapist storyline! On the other hand, it's not the only cozy I've read this month with similar themes so maybe it's a trend? If so, it's not one I'm looking forward to. I know it was very common to have rape stories in those pulp fiction crime novels of the '50s, '60s and even '70s, but it is NOT my idea of a "cozy." At all.
Disclaimer: I received a digital galley of this book free from Edelweiss (Above the Tree Line). I was asked to write an honest review, though not necessarily a favourable one. The opinions expressed are strictly my own.
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