A murder mystery that involves a librarian, and also a demon.
3 stars
A story that centres on librarian Sherry Pinkwhistle as she goes about solving murder mysteries in her small town; until a murder gets personal for her. At that point, the story segues into fantasy as a demonic character reveals that it wants her to solve this murder mystery, too.
At this point, Sherry, and the reader, might start to notice many strange things about the small town, like why there are so many murders there, why she can solve them better than the local sheriff, or why the town seems to lack certain modern amenities. Also, her cat suddenly develops a voice, and would guide her in her investigation and in how to break the demon's hold over the town and its people.
An intriguing premise, but the execution of the story could have been better. The demon's power and restrictions over Sherry are never really stated, making …
A story that centres on librarian Sherry Pinkwhistle as she goes about solving murder mysteries in her small town; until a murder gets personal for her. At that point, the story segues into fantasy as a demonic character reveals that it wants her to solve this murder mystery, too.
At this point, Sherry, and the reader, might start to notice many strange things about the small town, like why there are so many murders there, why she can solve them better than the local sheriff, or why the town seems to lack certain modern amenities. Also, her cat suddenly develops a voice, and would guide her in her investigation and in how to break the demon's hold over the town and its people.
An intriguing premise, but the execution of the story could have been better. The demon's power and restrictions over Sherry are never really stated, making the reader (and Sherry) guess what she can and can't do. One of the things she can do would lead her to discovering who the real murderer is. But the reader might not have a fair chance of deducing this before Sherry as a vital clue is not fully revealed, although hints are there, in hindsight. This reader was able to deduce that one suspect was not the murderer only moments before Sherry reveals this.
Still, an interesting story with hints of more stories to come involving Sherry as her investigative powers are more fully revealed in the end in a side-story that involves her from an event from years ago that proved to be pivotal in causing the demon to become interested in her.
