A Willing Murder (A Medlar Mystery #1)

Posted on 18 May 2017 by Jude Deveraux

New York Times bestselling romance author Jude Deveraux makes her debut in the world of mystery with a story of old secrets, deadly grudges and an improbable group of friends who are determined to uncover the truth regardless of the consequencesSara Medlar is a household name in romance, with millions of books sold But lately, retirement has been boring her and she s found herself back in her hometown of Lachlan, Florida, remodeling the grand old mansion she d admired as a child It s much too big for her alone, but she d die before letting anyone in town know that.Then Sara s niece Kate is offered a job in Lachlan a start in what could be a very successful career in real estate She accepts immediately, but with so little saved up, she ll have to approach her estranged yet incredibly famous aunt for a place to stay while she gets herself settled But when she arrives at Sara s home, she finds she s not the only long term houseguest Jackson Wyatt already has his own room, and though it s impossible to deny his good looks and charm he s clearly got her aunt wrapped around his finger she s also never met anyone who irritates her quite like Jack does.However, when two skeletons are accidentally uncovered in the quiet town, this unlikely trio is suddenly thrust together by a common goal to solve a mystery everyone else seems eager to keep under wraps United by a sense of justice and the desire to right old wrongs, Sara, Kate and Jack will have to dig into Lachlan s murky past to unravel the small town s dark secrets and work to bring the awful truth to light. New Download A Willing Murder (A Medlar Mystery #1) [ author ] Jude Deveraux [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr A Willing Murder by Jude DeverauxA murder mystery story First in a series.A fun read Quirky character interaction I actually loved how Sara, Jack and Kate bounce off each other The three of them sitting on a couch together as they talk to suspects clearly shows how comfortable they are in each other s space, yet they all find it necessary to go off to their own section of the house and do their own thinking Intriguing personalities I d like to read the next and see how they solve the next A Willing Murder by Jude DeverauxA murder mystery story First in a series.A fun read Quirky character inter...I won t say bestselling romance author Jude Deveraux has written herself into her first mystery, but the wonderful Sara Medlar character sounds familiar If you read Deveraux website, she s living in Florida, loves boxing and weightlifting, and drives a Mini Cooper Sara Medlar is a retired romance writer, lives in Florida, boxes, lifts weights, and drives a yellow Mini Cooper I hope Deveraux has as much fun writing the character as I did reading about her in A Willing Murder.Sara Medlar bough I won t say bestselling romance author Jude Deveraux has written herself into her first mystery, but the wonderful Sara Medlar character sounds familiar If you read Deveraux website, she s living in Florida, loves boxing and weightlifting, and drives a Mini Cooper Sara Medlar is a retired romance writer, lives in Florida, boxes, lifts weights, and drives a yellow Mini Cooper I hope Deveraux has as much fun writing the character as I did reading about her in A Willing Murder.Sara Medlar bought a big mansion in Lachlan, her hometown, and hired Jack Wyatt, grandson of her childhood sweetheart, to remodel it But, she s rattling around in that house When Jack breaks his leg...I had a not so nice review typed up, but I ve deleted it Here s the gist I love OG Jude and am willing to forgive her many things as a result I was almost on board with this story by the end, but I could NOT get past the protagonist obsessing about food being sinful It just went ON AND ON Find another way to show how flawed your otherwise perfect character is Maybe don t have her love interest tease her ...You can tell this author is usually a romance writer but she wrote a nice mystery I thought I knew the murderer fairly early but there were some surprises at the end It s written with characters and back story that will...Jude Deveraux, one of my favorite authors of historical and some contemporary romance, has decided to make a foray into the world of cozy mysteries A Willing Murder has well thought out characters, complicated family relations, and a town where every seems to be in two camp...Sometimes I get a little nervous when one of my favorite authors writes a different type of book then they re used to writing I m afraid that I won t like it, but I usually do This is one of those instances I ve read all Jude Deveraux s romances, but was nervous I wouldn t like her new series, mystery books This a great book I loved the characters, but would have loved to learnabout Kate s father and his relationship, with his...3 Stars what gives it 3 stars instead of 4 I did enjoy this novel it was a quick read, there were not pockets of time where the story dragged, and god, I love the relationship between Sara, Kate, and Jack the sarcastic joking and quips between one another are right up my alley The one thing that bothered me as I started reading and obviously still does was how quick some of the character relationship building happened for example, Kate walks into Sara s home for the first time hasn 3 Stars what gives it 3 stars instead of 4 I did enjoy this novel it was a quick read, there were not pockets of time where the story dragged, and god, I love the relationship between Sara, Kate, and Jack the sarcastic joking and quips between one another are right up my alley The one thing that bothered me as I started reading and obviously still does was how quick some of the character relationship building happened for example, Kate walks into Sara s home for the first time hasn t se...A Willing Murder is the first book I ve read from Deveraux, and when I finished I was happy that I gave this little murder mystery a try.The story stars shortly after Kate Medlar moves herself to a little town in Florida with her very reclusive and mysterious Aunt Sara is an author, and wants to keep to her self, that is until she receives a second house guest, Kate This little town if Lachlan has some secrets that it would like to keep buried.Kate is a real estate agent and has big hopes of A Willing Murder is the first book I ve read from Deveraux, and when I finished I was happy that I gave this little murder mystery a try.The story stars shortly after Kate Medlar moves herself to a little town in Florida with her very reclusive and mysterious Aunt Sara is an author, and wants to keep to her self, that is until she receives a second house guest, Kate This little town if Lachlan has some secrets that it would like to keep buried.Kate is a real estate agent and has big hopes of making her a good career in this little town I have to say, that I really enjoyed Kate She is a woman who doesn t hold back and is quite sassy and very determined When she first meets her Aunts other houseguest, she doesn t like him at all In fact, he just rubs her the wrong way But a...Well, it s not like her usual style of books at all It was an OK mystery but I had pretty much figured out the mystery murderer ahead of time No romance at all, which is odd for a Jude Deveraux book Maybe the lack of romance is what turned me off I don t know but I also got annoyed at the lame writing not sure how to describe it but it came across as if it had been written by a child, with dorky references to romance and other aspects of the characters relationships The entire premise of Well, it s not like her usual style of books at all It was an OK mystery but I had pretty much...While I was reading I wrote a list of my thoughts which is became a list of all the things I found wrong with this book It includes everything from unnatural dialogue, baffling unfunny jokes, to fat food shaming Now that I ve finished I realize this long, nit picky list isn t going to help anyone decide to pick up this book or not Instead I m just going to say that this one was not for me I know Jude Deveraux is a very popular romance writer and this is her first foray into the mystery genre While I was reading I wrote a list of my thoughts which is became a list of all the things I found wrong with this book It...

18 May 2017

Jude Deveraux