This book is written by 2 authors, one writing the odd chapters, and the other writing the even chapters. However, they don't discuss what they are going to write, but do make comments once they receive the other's chapter.
Brother and sister, Paul and Lacey Hansen, find a head on their property. They can't call the cops because they are growing weed in their basement. Lacey recognizes a watch on the arm of the decapitated body and believes it to be an acquaintance. However, when she later sees that person, she is wrong. Paul is usually not reliable, and is involved in some poor business deals. There is some suspicion around their parents' death, as well as the town doc. A very mixed up convoluted mystery.
I did enjoy the comments at the end of the chapters, but the book itself, and the mystery, were out there for me. ( )

Adult mystery/comedy of writers. This is more of a story of collaborating writers/exes than it is a cohesive mystery novel, but it had its entertaining moments. Not a favorite, but a decent read. ( )

I thought the premise of two authors (exes) co-writing a mystery (she writes odd chapters; he writes evens) was interesting. Unfortunately, I thought the execution fell *way* short. Maybe it wasn't the resulting story that fell short, so much as the weird “Notes“ sections between chapters (and sometimes comments within chapters), which amounted to passive-aggressive bickering. This was probably meant to be funny. It was really just grating. ( )

What a hilarious novel.

If anyone has any questions regarding how collaborations work - this is certainly a good look at that. Lisa Lutz and David Hayward trade off on who writes each chapter - and then leave notes for one another throughout the book. The way that Lisa and David work together, and fail to work together, becomes more and more clear as the book begins its slow implosion into hilarity and nonsense. Need I say it doesn't make a great deal of sense?

The pleasure in reading this comes in a rather meta way. Characters are tortured and ruined in order to piss off the co-author just a little more - threatening notes and overuse of pretentious turns of phrase are emphasized just to grate a little more. The book is laugh out loud funny, and more than a little vindictive. What's not to love?

This is arguably one of the best revenge novels out there. It's a pity that it wasn't exactly intended to be that.. ( )

Cute. Have not read the Spellman Files (same author) might look into them. ( )