Kindle British Mystery Book Club discussion

“Wrinklies” —- not a term I have heard before even though I am one!

One of the things I like about joy Ellis is that she doesn’t include blood, guts and gore in her books.

I'm a Wrinkly too, Beth. I just recently came across the term in another Brit mystery and recognized it here. While The Murder's Son included a lot of blood in various ways, at least we didn't experience the worst of the horrors as directly as in other books we've read. Implications and body discoveries were descriptive enough for me to get the scene without having to experience it with the victim. Psychology played a large part in this book, which I enjoy. The age-old question of inherited traits could have offered more modern research on this subject, but that might have diluted the story line and motivation. The book kept me reading longer at a time than I planned, an indication of better writing, plotting and pacing to me. Both Jackson and Marie were less well characterized than I would have liked, but I'm curious enough to see them revealed more in further books. This was my first Joy Ellis but not my last. I give it a 4.

Am glad you enjoyed it, Pat. I am still plodding through although have switched to audio so can knit and “read” at the same time

I like how Ellis builds the characters as the plot progresses. I get the feeling that evans follows her heart and Jackman his head. This is especially evident when dealing with the Professor. Together they make a good team!

Good teamwork does result from different viewpoints, and both Marie and Jackson have great respect for each other. That's important to good teamwork as well. I also enjoyed the side-story of the young policeman who was partnered with a purely evil person, and the ways he wanted to handle the problem himself for various reasons. I hope he shows up in future books as well. Don't know if you've reached this part yet, so I'll skip details.

I enjoyed this book! I dis think the last episode of the young policeman back at the house was superfluous as the villain had already been identified at this point

But overall it was a good read. I would give it 4 stars