Read Death Of An Artist: A Mystery (2012)

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Author

Kate Wilhelm

Genre

Mystery & Thriller

Rating

3.08 of 5 Votes: 3

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ISBN

0312658613 (ISBN13: 9780312658618)

Language

English

Publisher

Minotaur Books

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Death Of An Artist: A Mystery (2012) - Plot & Excerpts

I don't know why I didn't just stop this one, because half way through I was getting really annoyed. I usually try to find something nice to say, as an author I know how terrible it is to have someone just say, "I hated it."But I hated it. Others might be fine with it, it's one of those shallow little easy reads that many seem to like. Kind of like Palmer's chocolate at the holidays. It sells, but I prefer to hold out for Russell Stovers or at least Hershey's. The characters were flat. The dialogue stilted. The plot was rather obvious, motivation had some holes, and the ending -- what happened to the bad guy -- was a preposterous cop-out. Bleh. This is the first Kate Wilhelm mystery I've read that is not in the Barbara Holloway series and I was very pleased to find that it has exactly the same flavor as the Holloway books but with totally new characters and locations (although still in a small Oregon community -- write about what you know). An enthralling mystery about very interesting people told in totally engaging manner -- what more could anyone ask for?