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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.

Ugh. Tina finds a clue the police should have found.

The substance in the tea was foxglove extract — cardiac glycosides. It’s what killed him."

Should he be telling her this? Shouldn’t some information be kept from the public to be able to check confessions for veracity?

Also, is she interviewed as a witness or as a possible person of interest? It’s not been mentioned she’s a person of interest, but why wouldn’t she be? She had at least opportunity.

"Walk me through the evening. Who you saw, what you noticed."

I don’t remember much from two nights ago. I didn’t think there was going to be a quiz.

"Mr. Hale’s death is being reclassified as a homicide."

I know this is a murder mystery, an’ all, but have you ruled out suicide without a doubt? It’s possible to poison yourself without leaving a note.

Last time he’d been in Seal Bay, he’d threatened Elowen, kidnapped her, demanded ransom.

And wasn’t arrested or prosecuted? Or did he get a very mild sentence and no one thought it necessary to let the victims know the offender was out of prison?

All of a sudden, she knew.

Without actually doing any sleuthing.

‘How? I know he’s special, but he can’t walk on water.’

Or, Tristan doesn’t take the boat out until the father and daughter of his girl-friend are on board.

I know there’s a schedule, but surely the can manage to make changes so the whole family can be included.

And she could have been the one who hit Ruan when he came out of The Smugglers.’

No, she could not have been.

Morwenna should have already thought of this.

‘I’ve checked your Vernon Lewis out,’ Jane said

That better had been just a google search, because police are not suppossed to run potential boy-friends through the police database on grounds they look a bit shifty.

The police are taking witness statements at a busy café.

You just know this murderer is going to get caught because they couldn’t leave well-enough alone.

*eye roll*

She pedalled hard to keep up, feeling the electric motor do most of the work, but the BMW was hurtling into the distance.

My suspention of disbelief just snapped. No way is she keeping up with a car on an e-bike. It’s an auxiliary motor. You still have to do most of the work yourself, and Morwenna is fit for her age, but not that fit. (Also, first time it is mentioned she has an e-bike.)

There is only one gallery in a very wide radius. How would it get any visitors? People would have to make a deliberate decision to go out of their way (for a short visit) and can’t combine it with trips to other galleries.

Unless the gallery owner pulls in the crowds by reputation alone I don’t really see how this would be a viable business.

You know what Danny Bradley says, something he sticks to when he’s writing one of his mysteries. There are no real coincidences.

This is true in fiction where everything has to add up. However, advice for writing fiction should not be applied to all aspects of life.

Kill your darlings, anyone?

Their day, their world, had changed.

It’s the seventeenth book with these characters. You’d think by now dead people don’t shake up their lives so much.

This is more a saga of a close knit community than a murder mystery.

If anything, there are way too many characters with a speaking part.

We’d assumed the likelier scenario

Nope, just because you hung on to that scenario doesn’t make it likelier. Particularly since some other things happened that fit another scenario better than the one you had decided to stick with.

Oh, no, the second helicopter is a news helicopter.

And here I thought that local news stations in the US are grossely underfunded.

a second helicopter swooped in

To catch a guy for an attempted robbery? Is this police force made of money?

Misty is a horrible person.

I’m trying to get my head around the Katie story: why was she spooked by the guy in the van, but later worked with him?

I’m hoping for a good explanation in that one.

She’s a suspect in <spoiler>three restaurant robberies</spoiler>

I’m actually disappointed that Misty’s wild imagination seems to have been on the nose.