A lot going on

Okay. Maybe it is because I am joining the series at book 17 as I liked the sound of blurb and decided to give it ago but this book just wasn't for me. I know the author has to set up the reason for the murder but it seemed so slow and when we did finally get to the murder Jane (who I thought was the main character) didn't really do any investigating. I guess you could call It a mystery because there was a murder but to me a mystery involves asking questions etc and not just letting It unfold. It also didn't really help that the story was told by multiple characters and jumped around. This was good because it did mean things got explained but as a a first time listener it took a while for me to get all the characters striaght and to be honest I never got to liking the character. There was also some character development which I guess continues on from previous stories but meant nothing to me, just made the story longer. I might give the series another go but I would definitely start at the beginning to get to know the characters first.
When Jane hires a new employee she had no idea that she would be helping the girl with more than a job. Annie is in town to track down her step father who she hasn't seen since he mother's death and she asks Jane for help. But Annie hasn't told her everything and Jane keeps catching her in a lie. Then her step father's new wife is found dead and When it turns out to be murder Annie needs all the help Jane can give her.
I liked the narrator. She put in a good performance and was one of the main reasons I stuck with the book.

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