Genre: Mystery
Mass Market Paperback; Digital Book
ISBN #: 9780425274132
Berkley Publishing
304 Pages
$7.99; $2.99 Amazon
May 5, 2015
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Sometimes in life, you have to fish or cut bait. After walking away from a miserable job and an even worse boyfriend, Talia Marby has no regrets. She's returned to her hometown and is happy to help her dear friend Bea Lambert by working at Lambert's Fish & Chips, a cornerstone of a charming shopping plaza designed to resemble an old English Village.
But not all the shop owners are charming. Phil Turnbull has been pestering Bea to sign a petition against a new store opening up, and his constant badgering is enough to make her want to boil him in oil. When Talia and Bea stumble upon Turnbull murdered in his shop, the police suspect Bea. Now it's up to Talia to fish around for clues and hook the real killer before her friend has to trade serving food for serving time...
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Talia Marby left her job and lost her boyfriend when he fell in love with someone else. Now she's moved back home and has a new job and is among friends. But Phil Turnbull is badgering everyone to sign a petition against a shop he doesn't want, and Bea Lambert doesn't want anything to do with it. In fact, they have words about it, and when Phil is found dead, Bea is the main suspect. But Talia knows she couldn't hurt anyone, and is determined to find a killer before her best friend winds up behind bars....
While I love Ms. Reilly's other series, I just couldn't get through this book. Almost every woman was drop-dead gorgeous and almost every man was drop-dead handsome. Really? A lot of this was over the top. Below there are spoilers, so if you haven't read the book and plan to, please don't finish the rest of this review:
Just when you think a cop is going to be the love interest (as we all know there will be one) then lo and behold, someone else pops up later when almost two-thirds of the book is read! It's as if the author thought she might want the cop to be the love interest, but then changed her mind and decided to create another man - and we didn't even really get to know this person enough to see if we liked him or not. Then we find out her best friend is dating the cop and doesn't tell her -- which is why I came to the conclusion I did. If the author had decided that Rachel was dating the cop all along, it should have been mentioned when they were discussing boyfriends - but it wasn't - and Rachel was even telling Talia about a recent bad date she had. Therefore, it was an afterthought.
Also, the fact that her ex-boyfriend Chet fell in love with horse riding of all things, and it's the reason they broke up seemed patently ridiculous. I mean, horse riding is perfectly fine, but I can't see an investment broker just heading out to ride horses all day and thinking it's the best thing since sliced bread. Especially since it can eventually cause damage to your back. Fun? Yes, occasionally - but not every single minute of every single weekend. This was just weird. Talia should have realized something was up with that, but she appeared rather dense throughout the book anyway.
At any rate, it just couldn't keep my interest and I think I'll be sticking with Ms. Reilly's other series. Two stars for the writing, none for the plot.
https://www.amazon.com/Fillet-Murder-Deep-Fried-Mystery/dp/0425274136/ref
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2926798016
More on Linda Reilly's Books: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/linda-reilly/
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