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A review by chelsmarieantoinette
Primer and Punishment: A House-Flipper Mystery by Diane Kelly
4.0
Primer & Punishment was a cute, cozy mystery. Though I felt like I grasped all the characters just fine during this 5th installment of the series, I’d rather have started from the beginning.
I liked the setting outside of Nashville and the cousins, Buck and Whitney, with their house flipping aspirations. This cozy mystery is very "tame." I've read a couple recently that have horrible language and some raunchiness, which I don't mind on general fiction, but I don't love in the "cozy" genre and this one was straight cozy. Think engaged couples living and sleeping separately- very PG. But there were definitely some seedy characters at the marina while they fixed up their houseboat, Skinny Dipper, and that's where we get our main mystery.
In general, I liked Whitney's sleuthing style. She wasn't unrealistic or unsafe, BUT she DEFINITELY interfered in the police investigation and, had I been the fire inspector, I wouldn't have been happy when she overstepped. Heck, she was specifically told not to talk about the death and immediately she gave details to every stranger who showed up at the marina. And the Tanner kid was too whiny for me.
I loved the cat, Sawdust.
Recommend for cute, cozy mystery fans looks for a sweet, PG series.
I liked the setting outside of Nashville and the cousins, Buck and Whitney, with their house flipping aspirations. This cozy mystery is very "tame." I've read a couple recently that have horrible language and some raunchiness, which I don't mind on general fiction, but I don't love in the "cozy" genre and this one was straight cozy. Think engaged couples living and sleeping separately- very PG. But there were definitely some seedy characters at the marina while they fixed up their houseboat, Skinny Dipper, and that's where we get our main mystery.
In general, I liked Whitney's sleuthing style. She wasn't unrealistic or unsafe, BUT she DEFINITELY interfered in the police investigation and, had I been the fire inspector, I wouldn't have been happy when she overstepped. Heck, she was specifically told not to talk about the death and immediately she gave details to every stranger who showed up at the marina. And the Tanner kid was too whiny for me.
I loved the cat, Sawdust.
Recommend for cute, cozy mystery fans looks for a sweet, PG series.