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A review by debyc
Turning Secrets: A Stonechild and Rouleau Mystery by Brenda Chapman
4.0
"Turning Secrets" is the first Stonechild and Rouleau mystery that I have read- how have I not found this series before? I really enjoy episodic, procedural cop shows-- this felt like one of those in book form! In other words, an overarching storyline, but a series that is easy to jump into randomly and not feel too lost in.
I never read series out of order, and I was afraid that it would inhibit my understanding of the story. It's totally possible to pick this story up and have fun with it- I did! I would still recommend it from the beginning though, as I feel like some of the relationships between the characters would have been explained in previous books. I will definitely be going back and picking up the first one.
As someone jumping into the story for the first time, the characters were a bit difficult to follow. The author sometimes mentions the character's names by their first names, and sometimes by their last names. I couldn't figure out if she did last names within the detective's precinct, and first names outside of it-- but at times, it got a bit distracting. It took me a while to know which character was which, but once I did (about a third of the way through), it was a little easier to understand what was going on.
Aside from that minor issue, I really enjoyed this mystery! Thank you so much to Netgalley and Dundurn for providing me with an ARC copy of this book. I am so happy to have discovered this series and look forward to seeing more of it!
I never read series out of order, and I was afraid that it would inhibit my understanding of the story. It's totally possible to pick this story up and have fun with it- I did! I would still recommend it from the beginning though, as I feel like some of the relationships between the characters would have been explained in previous books. I will definitely be going back and picking up the first one.
As someone jumping into the story for the first time, the characters were a bit difficult to follow. The author sometimes mentions the character's names by their first names, and sometimes by their last names. I couldn't figure out if she did last names within the detective's precinct, and first names outside of it-- but at times, it got a bit distracting. It took me a while to know which character was which, but once I did (about a third of the way through), it was a little easier to understand what was going on.
Aside from that minor issue, I really enjoyed this mystery! Thank you so much to Netgalley and Dundurn for providing me with an ARC copy of this book. I am so happy to have discovered this series and look forward to seeing more of it!