I've read the first book and enjoyed it, if not loved it but this short prequel was pretty weak. There was no detecting, just speculation and there was none of Dusty's background.

The point of a prequel is usually to introduce the main character/series but I know even less about her than I did reading the first book. Plus it's billed as Dusty's first case but apparently she's been busy solving all these other crimes. And regardless, how did they know to contact her and that she was going to be branching out on her own? It made no sense. And how is she even supporting herself? Has she got an income source? Is she still working for the newspaper? She hasn't sold any books yet so it's not like she has royalties. It frustrated me.

I'm glad I read the first book before this or I likely wouldn't be bothering with the rest of the series. 1 star. ( )