Book: Sweet Poison (Jane Lawless book #16) by Ellen Hart
Rating: 3 1/2 stars
Review:
Sweet Poison was a better read than Hunting the Witch. I thought the writer did an amazing job with creating good character development. It seems as if the author took more time to figure out who these characters are and what was motivating them.
The only weak point of this story was the mystery. As with the other book, the mystery continues to lack any drama and suspense. And it also takes a long time for it to start and it drags on.
In this story, restaurant owner Jane Lawless' father attorney Ray Lawless was running for governor but when one of his campaign aids Charity Miller was murdered it put the focus on one of Ray's clients a newly released from prison Corey Hodge. Corey had served nine years for a crime he didn't commit, he had been instructed by his then attorney Mr. Lawless to plead guilty because there was no way to prove Corey's innocence. It's not hard to image Corey holding a grudge at his old attorney but does that mean he's a murderer.
However as Jane investigated she found that there were several persons of interest including Charity's ex-boyfriend Gabriel Keen who had been stalking her. Aside from the murder investigation Jane was starting to think something was wrong with her father. Meanwhile, her manipulative ex-girlfriend Julia Martinsen had shown back up again.
The underlining theme for this story was injustice. From Corey Hodge being convicted of a crime he didn't commit to Reverend Christopher Cornish being attacked and his attacker getting all the charges dropped and so on and so on.
The interactions between the characters is what makes this a good read too bad the mystery isn't as good. It needs more suspense and it too easy to figure out.
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