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Mystery at MacQuoid Mansion
Due to personal reasons, Peter Kent takes an early retirement from the police department to set up his own detective agency, unaware of what was about to hit the world in the form of a global pandemic within a year of starting his private practice.
It is May in 2022, around two years since the virus hit. As Peter is trying to get through another quiet and uneventful day at his office, a familiar face from the past shows up at his doorsteps … and brings with it a case that would challenge Peter and force him to bring forth everything he had learned during his former days as a police detective. As Peter enters the scene of the death – the enchantingly majestic MacQuoid Mansion, he starts with his usual investigative process, with no idea of the events that he is about to face in the next few weeks.
Join Peter as he combs through the witness accounts, clues from the scene and his observational instincts to connect all of them and find the solution that would reveal the truth behind the puzzling case at the MacQuoid Mansion.
It is May in 2022, around two years since the virus hit. As Peter is trying to get through another quiet and uneventful day at his office, a familiar face from the past shows up at his doorsteps … and brings with it a case that would challenge Peter and force him to bring forth everything he had learned during his former days as a police detective. As Peter enters the scene of the death – the enchantingly majestic MacQuoid Mansion, he starts with his usual investigative process, with no idea of the events that he is about to face in the next few weeks.
Join Peter as he combs through the witness accounts, clues from the scene and his observational instincts to connect all of them and find the solution that would reveal the truth behind the puzzling case at the MacQuoid Mansion.
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274 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 3, 2022
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June 25, 2022
Okay....I've thought long and hard about this review. I've done my RESEARCH on this book and this author and all I can say is I'm confused by the stars that were given. Let's start from the beginning.
As I started reading this book I noticed the many grammatical and spelling errors; it's just in my nature. Then, the ELLIPSES. The limit of ellipses apparently doesn't exist. I then tried to rationalize. Maybe this author was trying to write this more as a screenplay? The dialogue was there with a HUGE lack in scene description and it was odd to read "HA-HA" so frequently instead of something like, "You're so funny," she laughed.
SPOILER ALERT
I am perfectly okay with spoiling all the things with this book as I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. The plot was perfectly laid out and everything made sense until they asked, "why choose now to murder your daughter-in-law". "BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T SOCIAL DISTANCE DURING THE PANDEMIC".....(ellipses for hilarious dramatic effect).... WWHAAT?!
Don't get me wrong. I'm vaccinated. I believe people should do what's right for them and if that means getting vaccinated, do it. If that means refraining from vaccination, do it. I'm not here to judge your choices and you're not here to MURDER me for mine.
Also, there's a 30 page RANT in undesignated (as in you have no idea which character is saying what by page 2) dialogue about fake new, propaganda, and pandemic/vaccine arguments. Y'all, I don't know about you but I get enough of that on my social media page, I don't need that in my relaxing reads.
INFO ALERT
This author DOES. NOT. EXIST. First debut novel and their gum-shoe detective writing is drawn heavily from their LIKES ON GOODREADS (ahem....Agatha Christie). The copyright page has no editor (surprise, surprise) and the novel is copyrighted to an unknown person of Indian descent (again, no Google search results). I can only surmise that this book was purely written to vent one's own political pandemic views or further spread the divide that we continue to face as a nation.
That is all (mic drop)
As I started reading this book I noticed the many grammatical and spelling errors; it's just in my nature. Then, the ELLIPSES. The limit of ellipses apparently doesn't exist. I then tried to rationalize. Maybe this author was trying to write this more as a screenplay? The dialogue was there with a HUGE lack in scene description and it was odd to read "HA-HA" so frequently instead of something like, "You're so funny," she laughed.
SPOILER ALERT
I am perfectly okay with spoiling all the things with this book as I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. The plot was perfectly laid out and everything made sense until they asked, "why choose now to murder your daughter-in-law". "BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T SOCIAL DISTANCE DURING THE PANDEMIC".....(ellipses for hilarious dramatic effect).... WWHAAT?!
Don't get me wrong. I'm vaccinated. I believe people should do what's right for them and if that means getting vaccinated, do it. If that means refraining from vaccination, do it. I'm not here to judge your choices and you're not here to MURDER me for mine.
Also, there's a 30 page RANT in undesignated (as in you have no idea which character is saying what by page 2) dialogue about fake new, propaganda, and pandemic/vaccine arguments. Y'all, I don't know about you but I get enough of that on my social media page, I don't need that in my relaxing reads.
INFO ALERT
This author DOES. NOT. EXIST. First debut novel and their gum-shoe detective writing is drawn heavily from their LIKES ON GOODREADS (ahem....Agatha Christie). The copyright page has no editor (surprise, surprise) and the novel is copyrighted to an unknown person of Indian descent (again, no Google search results). I can only surmise that this book was purely written to vent one's own political pandemic views or further spread the divide that we continue to face as a nation.
That is all (mic drop)
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October 3, 2022
I’ll preface by saying that I am vaccinated, totally believe the pandemic is a real threat and had family members who died from Covid. This book was not what I expected at all. Echoing previous reviews the dialogue was clunky and full of ellipsis. There was a major rant at the end and spoilers, the murder happened because the pandemic wasn’t taken seriously. Completely unbelievable with lots of grammatical errors. Idea is there but was poorly executed.
*received in a Goodreads giveaway*
*received in a Goodreads giveaway*
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March 8, 2022
This book did not live up to the review. UT was slow, and not easy to like the characters.
March 19, 2022
I am a mystery fan and enjoyed this book very much. I will have to find other books by this author, W.B. Hope, as I really like the characters and plotting in this book. Would recommend.
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