As Good As Dead

Her judgment day would come, but for now, Pip walked and she promised. That's all. One foot in front of the other, even if she had to drag them, even when the hole in her heart felt too big to keep standing.

In my comment on the second installment, I was remarking that I was not too fond of the series moving away from the cozy mystery feel of the first book. In hindsight, after reading this sequel, I suspect this was a direction chosen from the beginning by the author. Even the name of the series spells it out: ‘A Good Girl's Guide to Murder'. That being said, I didn't find this book particularly compelling. Our heroine, Pip, has become quite a bland and unconvincing character since the second book, and she never regained the momentum. It's not that she lived enough to become a villain but that her motives for everything she did since the end of the first book are quite elusive to me. I can't say I had the worst time ready this, but it was quite far from the enjoyment I had with the first book.