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.