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4.0
A Dose of Death has a really interesting and different protagonist. Helen was a governor’s wife and her identity seems to have been wrapped up in that “definition” of herself. Now she is divorced and has MS and is trying to find a new self. Her family has very different ideas of what she should be doing with her life and is not very happy when the only passion that seems to catch hold is investigating the murder of a visiting nurse.
I loved that fact that this book in some ways championed the cause of the disabled still being in charge of their own lives. I found it hard to read the family members attempts at steamrolling over her wishes, even though in the storyline it was constantly asserted they were doing it out of love.
I am interested to see how Helen’s character grows in future books and how the family dynamic changes. The mystery was interesting and had red herrings to throw the reader off. Very nicely done cozy!
I loved that fact that this book in some ways championed the cause of the disabled still being in charge of their own lives. I found it hard to read the family members attempts at steamrolling over her wishes, even though in the storyline it was constantly asserted they were doing it out of love.
I am interested to see how Helen’s character grows in future books and how the family dynamic changes. The mystery was interesting and had red herrings to throw the reader off. Very nicely done cozy!
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