I don’t remember how many of these I’ve read at this point, and I haven’t read them in order, and I’ve enjoyed them . . .

But . . .

after this one my feedback would be: terrific recurring characters, fascinating (to me) setting, weak stories, weaker still “mysteries” (not fleshed out and do not hold together), and sometimes stilted writing (like she’s reaching for a wordy alliterative description).

For example, in this one, in the short “explanation” chapter for the murder mystery, the murderer is first said to have shot her before she knew it, and then to have forced her to give him some information before he shot her. It was just weak. But the characters were wonderful. So there ya go.

Yeah, I’ll still read the rest of them.