The characters in this second installment of the St. Just mysteries were a bit cliched and more like caricatures than characters and there are plenty of them. I was not sure at first if I could put up with them, but once the body turned up things were back on track. It's really St. Just that I read these books for. I love his character. With this book I get the idea we are going to learn a bit more about the DCI with each installment. The mysteries are good, St. Just's investigations are interesting and, overall, the cast of characters are secondary to what I enjoy about this series, so I will keep reading them. Everyone has gathered at Dalmorton Castle in Scotland for a crime writers' conference, including Kimberlee Kalder, the publishing industry's "It" girl. Totally hot and couture-clad, this bestselling chick-lit mystery writer has captured the envious — and resentful — attentions of all. Rumor has it that prima donna Kimberlee is shopping around for a new agent (and the best deal for her latest book), and there are some who would stop at nothing to steal her as a client. Then Kimberlee turns up dead at the bottom of the castle's bottle dungeon. With the help of his lovely sidekick, Portia, Detective Chief Inspector St. Just is hot on the trail of the true killer in a castle full of cagey mystery connoisseurs who live and breathe malicious murder and artful alibis.The murderer turns out to be Kimberlee's husband, Desmond, who was aided by another writer at the conference (with whom he was having an affair), Annabelle. The murdered Kimberlee for her money.St Just meet Portia, a writer at the conference, and plans to court her. She is the first woman he has been interested in since his wife died.Malliet - good writer.LIBRARY BOOK
What do You think about Death Of The Lit Chick (2009)?
Murder most foul occurs at a writers' conference in a Scottish castle.
—jim
Very good author. Interesting characters and well written.
—jillb
