Inheritance by Philip L. Levin
I met Philip Levin at last year's Florida Writer Association conference in Orlando. The conference was winding down and I was in the bookstore desperately looking for something written by the vast number of talented writers I'd met. We struck up a conversation and I settled on his book, Inheritance. It came highly recommended! And he signed it for me. I can never pass up a good book let alone an autographed one.
Tricia Tracy writes the gossip column for the local small town newspaper. Her boyfriend is Mel, the police detective, who is investigating a murder. He talks too freely with Tricia and finds what he thought he said in confidence on the pages of Tracy's Tidbits.
While Inheritance is an entertaining who done it, I found the character development lacking in some areas. For example, why is Mel discussing his case with Tricia even if she is his girlfriend? And Tricia thinks she is frigid when things don't go well with Mel in the bedroom. She's only 24. There were a few other things that the characters did that detracted from my enjoyment of the story, but they may not be important to you so I don't want to ruin a good book.
I also found it quite annoying to find footnotes which translated Spanish phrases spoken by the main murder suspect. Maybe because I live in Florida and didn't need the translation. If the target audience lives in the Midwest, then maybe it was necessary. Only the author knows. The mystery is eventually solved and I was surprised by it. That's a sign of a good thriller. And I loved the transcripts of the police interviews. So lots of things to like in Inheritance after all.
I met Philip Levin at last year's Florida Writer Association conference in Orlando. The conference was winding down and I was in the bookstore desperately looking for something written by the vast number of talented writers I'd met. We struck up a conversation and I settled on his book, Inheritance. It came highly recommended! And he signed it for me. I can never pass up a good book let alone an autographed one.
Tricia Tracy writes the gossip column for the local small town newspaper. Her boyfriend is Mel, the police detective, who is investigating a murder. He talks too freely with Tricia and finds what he thought he said in confidence on the pages of Tracy's Tidbits.
While Inheritance is an entertaining who done it, I found the character development lacking in some areas. For example, why is Mel discussing his case with Tricia even if she is his girlfriend? And Tricia thinks she is frigid when things don't go well with Mel in the bedroom. She's only 24. There were a few other things that the characters did that detracted from my enjoyment of the story, but they may not be important to you so I don't want to ruin a good book.
I also found it quite annoying to find footnotes which translated Spanish phrases spoken by the main murder suspect. Maybe because I live in Florida and didn't need the translation. If the target audience lives in the Midwest, then maybe it was necessary. Only the author knows. The mystery is eventually solved and I was surprised by it. That's a sign of a good thriller. And I loved the transcripts of the police interviews. So lots of things to like in Inheritance after all.
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