Mastering the Art of French Murder

Read for book club Feb pic. Charming and unique. Paris, 1949, the city is rebuilding. The Child’s are there and Julia’s (fictional) American friend, Tabitha, is on the case of a dead body found in the building. I loved the small details about daily life in a Paris apartment: the outdoor ice box, the dog with a bigger wardrobe than my own, the gossip at the market. The mystery was interesting and surprising! What dragged for me was the repetition. So many scenes gone over multiple times as Tabitha relays them to this character and then that character and if I heard Faygo soda Rock and Rye one more time it could have become a drinking game. Writing needs to be a bit tighter, a little less repetitive.

I might read the second one, if Julia has more to do in the story than make mayonnaise.