This book was going to be a strictly read at lunch sort of book. I didn't plan on taking it home and finishing it up. This book was just a pleasant surprise. First of all, I asked a sub what he was reading and he told me that it was this book and he was almost finished with it. Would I like it? Does a Southern girl like sweet tea? Death in Lover's Lane is the first book I have read by Carolyn Hart. It stars "sixty year old Pulitzer Prize winning ex reporter Henrietta" Henrie O" Collins." Henrie lives in Derry Hills Missouri and teaches journalism. She encourages Maggie, a student to dig deep into three unsolved unconnected crimes in Derry Hills,a double murder at Lovers'Lane,a husband murdered in his garden and a disappearance of a dean. Maggie dug too deep ( also Maggie was a bit of a ass) and ends up dead on Lovers'Lane herself.Henrie feels guilt over the girl's death and ends up trying to solve these crimes to find the case that killed Maggie.It was pretty good mystery. At the very end, I knew who the killer in one case was but I didn't know why. Henrie is a very interesting character. Thinking on her now, I imagine she looks like Betty White, all sweet and grandmalike but she's a shark on the blood scent trail. She's tough but not abrasively so. Would read another Henrie O mystery
I don't think a book is bad just because it's easy to read. The purpose for this book is to entertain, and it does just that. I could hardly put this book down and it has been the cause of a lot of unfinished homework. It was exactly the kind of fun to read, slightly creepy mystery I was looking for. It went very fast and I couldn't keep from thinking about it when I wasn't reading. A lot of people are saying they don't like Henrie O, but I like her. I think she is believable. I don't really care if she's not super nice. Really, it's okay. I loved that there were four murders to solve. It was complex and I wasn't able to figure them out until shortly before Henrie O explicitly said who the murderer was and why. I also love Hart's descriptions. They made this book like cotton candy yand inspired me in my writing. The reason this lost a start is the last case Henrie O solves. It was just a little weird how she kept saying it was one person and then all of a sudden exposed the real murderer as if she had known it all along. It turned out I had figured that one out, but, and maybe this is why Hart wrote it like that, I was confused because Henrie O seemed sure that it was another character. But overall a great book I would recommend to most people.
What do You think about Death In Lovers' Lane (1998)?
Henry O's journalism student researches 3 unsolved murders and is murdered herself.Good.
—Pat
