Ppcfransen’s Reviews > Death on Dickens Island > Status Update

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!

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.