If I could give this 0 stars, I would. The viewpoint jumped around, there was too much narrative, too much repetitive information and no character development. The relationship between the police man and the woman (so boring I can't even remember their names) was so ridiculously far fetched it was untrue. It was fairly obvious who had done it (but not the reason why). There was no hooking in of the reader, and I can't say I felt compelled to read it one little bit. I wouldn't waste your time reading it. This book is supposedly a “murder mystery” set in an American inn in Colorado. But that is a misnomer because the book starts off with a couple of grown women drooling at the sight of any man and wondering about marriage even before they are introduced. Murder no. 1 happens in chapter 5, and then the female protagonist moons on and on and on and on and ... about the detective in charge of the case, but at the same time also finds time to wonder about the single status of every other man she encounters. Then in chapter 15, there is another murder. There is zero story development and nobody gives a shit about the murder between chapters 5 and 15, only a stupid woman wondering about her stupid romance with a stupid man in this extremely stupid book.Story development: A big zero, as explained above. It simply does not move from one place to the other and is stuck with Lacey being in love with Walter, whom she, by the way, has just met at the scene of the crime! The “romance” moves too fast from meeting for the first time on day one to pouring out professional secrets on day two to anticipating lifelong special relationship on day 3. And the plot has more holes than a Swiss cheese. How does crazy woman eavesdrop on Lacey's phone? How does crazy woman know anything about where the victim will go next? How does the crazy woman get into the highly secure inn?Character development: Minus infinity. Lacey has a sister who is supposed to be part of the story, but all she does is size up all the available (and unavailable) men to check out who is suitable for her sister. There is a body lying in the foyer, but really, who cares? It’s more important to find the right man, innit? Walter is a police officer with ten years of experience in crime and goes to investigate a murder and immediately afterwards is pouring out all the details to Lacey, whom he had just met five minutes before, because ooohhh, he fell in love. I can’t imagine his track record is any good! Then there is Handyman Dan whose basic function apart from handymanning is to think of Lacey as “his” in an obsessively creepy manner. Of course, Ms Sister also eyes his suitability for Lacey. Can’t let any man alone, can we now? Lacey herself is just boring and does nothing except well ... see above. There are guests at the inn who barely figure in the book even though they should technically be suspects and their backgrounds and actions explored in detail. Adding to this mess is horrible punctuation, bad spelling and senseless grammar. I would not recommend an editor for this book. I recommend it be thrown in the fire.
What do You think about Death Checks Inn (2013)?
Short cozy mystery set at inn in colorado.
—NeNe3102
Fun, cozy read. More of a novella length.
—Cindrea
