Status Updates From Death on Dickens Island (Th...

I’m already disappointed in this book, and yet, the final reveal managed to disappoint me even more.

I think the author never got a good grip on the murder mystery and just wanted to be done with it.

“Yes, or it meant to frighten me because I’ve been investigating the murders.”

You have not been investigating the murders.

You have gossipped about it, like all your neighbours.

and his sister isn’t the most reliable when it comes to preparing meals.

Why should she be responsible for meal prep? Trevor is old enough to learn that if you want to eat, you’ve got to cook.

I wonder if Tim ever noticed how much she looked like his sister,” I mused.

Gregg told you that she wrote in her diary that he did!

And please leave the investigating to me and my men.

As if she has done any kind of investigating.

Refrigerator moment: someone mentioned that Tim told Missy a few times how much she looked like his sister Gloria. Helena knew Gloria very well, and Missy too, if only from living on the same island for forty years. Why has she not mentioned the similarity?

“Regardless, you cannot benefit from a murder, and if Tim is found guilty, you would be benefiting from your husband’s crime.”

Snort.

Basically, the way lawyer Brad explains the law, when someone is killed, no one can inherit. Even the rightfull heirs benefit from someone’s primature death.

That is not a correct interpretation.

“Okay. Jack’s not a suspect, but he’s a person of interest in the Faraday case.” […]
“That’s possible. But until I talk to Jack, I won’t know his side of the story.”

Excuse me, what? You are telling random people someone is a person of interest in a murder case BEFORE you know anything about their involvement? I think that counts as defamation, even if you are chief of police.

“He wants to take you to Connor,” Jack said.

Is this dog fucking Lassie?

If Tim has been acting like the owner of the VanPatten farm for over 40 years - and in that time no one has refuted that claim - doesn’t that mean he know simple owns it? Brad, as a lawyer, and his title researcher should know about such laws.

There are so few teenagers living on the island.

There must be enough to have highschool.

“Do you have any idea who did this?” Gregg asked.

What an odd question to ask: hey, know anyone that would want to break into your house and toss your stuff around like a livingroom salade?

If the burglar’s still here, the dog will go after him.

Will?

Are you saying that just because it’s a dog?

There are dogs that don’t even go after a burglar during a burglary. Giving chase is not in every dogs DNA.

Four and a half months, that’s how long her relationship last. 4.5 months, twenty-two years ago.

And it seems she’s still not quite over it.

Don’t tell me you’re thinking of dating him again after what he pulled.”

It’s been over twenty years. Surely, the statued of limitation on the break-up of a relationship that lasted less than a year is shorter than that.

his Beardie whose name, by the way, is Samson.”

LOL

Has this author been watching Flemish children’s television?

Gregg rose to his feet, his pursed lips a clear sign he was not happy to have been put on the spot.

Well, he could have expected this question. So why did he not prepare?

“And what you consider proposals, Reenie dear, are only ideas.

I hope Reenie goes through with divorcing her husband. Or at least uses “Brad dear” in her next rebuttle.

There’s a murderer on the loose, in case you’ve forgotten.”

I doubt he forgot: Delia heard the news report after Connor left the house in the morning. It is very likely he was not informed about the murder yet.

Out of nowhere Delia wonders if Missy was kidnapped as a child because her parents were late 30’s/early 40’s and “that’s kind a old for first time parents”. The policeman laughs it off, but really he should have pointed out there are many reasons why people become parents later in life, and none make them into criminals.

40 is above average, but someone’s got to offset all the teen pregnancies.

“I see.” Gregg nodded slowly, getting the picture.

Hmm, that sounds more like he’s making stuff up to fill the gaps in his knowledge.