Rick Kohut
Although I've read many novels in the general "mystery" genre, I've only read a handful in the "cozy" sub-genre. If this funny and rather lightweight novel is a typical "cozy," I'm not sure if I'm up for more "cozies." It's a fun premise - an older, recently divorced women buys a pull behind trailer for camping - and discovers that it's haunted by a ghost who is seeking to get out of purgatory and into heaven by doing some sort of good tasks. I liked the dialogue between woman & ghost woman and the constant ghostly change of clothing plus persona based on the moment was clever. Yet, the writing was pedestrian, the plot predictable and the resolution too pat. Additional books in the series, some of which take place in national parks, do sound enticing. Yet, I think I'm going to pass and pick up a novel that is the opposite of cozy (edgy? pointed? rough?) instead.
Although I've read many novels in the general "mystery" genre, I've only read a handful in the "cozy" sub-genre. If this funny and rather lightweight novel is a typical "cozy," I'm not sure if I'm up for more "cozies." It's a fun premise - an older, recently divorced women buys a pull behind trailer for camping - and discovers that it's haunted by a ghost who is seeking to get out of purgatory and into heaven by doing some sort of good tasks. I liked the dialogue between woman & ghost woman and the constant ghostly change of clothing plus persona based on the moment was clever. Yet, the writing was pedestrian, the plot predictable and the resolution too pat. Additional books in the series, some of which take place in national parks, do sound enticing. Yet, I think I'm going to pass and pick up a novel that is the opposite of cozy (edgy? pointed? rough?) instead.