Death of a Cozy Writer: A St. Just Mystery Audiobook

" Enjoyable. Clever plot and good characters. "

" Ok...I love Agatha Christie and this seemed to be of the same genre but I could not get interested in this book. It was very slow moving to me. I purchased it at my local used book store for one dollar so I am going to list it on Paperback Swap and be done with it. Maybe someone else will enjoy it. "

" This book is a very slow read. It is the author's first attempt at a murder mystery, so I believe her next one may be better. The murder's resolution was explained too quickly at the end for my taste. "

" Liked that the author gave clues, even though some were red herrings. Kept me engrossed to the end. "

" this was a prototype cozy mystery - enjoyed the characters immensely in the first 3/4ths of the book, but the end was quite extra ordinary with many twists and contrived circumstances. This book deals with a cozy mystery writer, but not an easy man to please or be with, and interactions between himself, ex-wife, current wife and his 4 children. The mystery starts when the first son is killed, and this is soon followed by father's murder. "

" A charming reminder of Agatha Christie's classic mystery storytelling. "

" Maybe I expected too much after the reviews, but there was nothing exceptionally great about the book ... "

" This book is an over-the-top spoof of mysteries. I thought it was a very funny read. All the old devices of mysteries are here in force. The red herrings, the improbable ending, the big reveal with all participants in place are all part of this deranged romp. I like it! "

" Not bad, not great. As a warning, the ending left me cold. I don't like it when the murderer turns out to be someone you couldn't have guessed because of a wild past you didn't know about until the last five pages. Unfulfilled. "

" Looking forward to reading the other by same author. "

" The perfect classic cozy for me. Very well written. In search of more similar mysteries... "

" Pretty much a rote British mystery. OK if you're desperate. Not bad, it's just that nothing stands out at all here. "

" The writing was a little tedious but the plot was good. Unexpected. "

" Has anyone mentioned how laugh-out-loud funny this book is? "

" This book was disappointing. I heard so much about it, and it won a Malice Grant. I thought it was so-so. It suffered from cardboard characters, and a denoument that was not interesting. I just didn't care. "

" Disappointing--recommended by a writer whom I like very much. Weird how tastes overlap, or don't. This was a sort of spoof on classic British country house murders, but there was no character development. I find it's hard to like a book without some engagement with the people in it. "

" I would love to shout that Christie lives but I fear a firing squad, so I'll simply say Death of a Cozy Writer was a leisurely winding starter of a book that turned classic and clever. I can't wait to read the next. A 4.5 rating. "

" This was a mystery written by an English author. I love the way the English write. I enjoyed the characters and the plot was good. It was well written and quite clean. "

" I can't say this fits my definition of a "cozy" mystery but I can say that I didn't enjoy it. There are no likeable characters and the humour feels forced. The whole thing was rather dull. "

" This had a good mystery plot but seemed at times more interested in poking fun at the cozy mystery theme than being a mystery. Actually not really sure that it was not supposed to be a homage to classic cozy mysteries or a parody, just not comedic enough to be a parody. "