Loco Motive

Just to clarify, I would like to start out saying that this is the first book in this entire series that I ventured upon reading. I only read it because I had to select a few books from the library's list to qualify for their Summer reading program.

To start out, I didn't really like the main character. I suppose it is nice that she was different, but I hardly think she needed to be such a neurotic liar. I mean really, if you family shows up unexpectedly, I don't see what the issue is to tell them that you have a trip planned in a few days. But I suppose the author had to put that in because she needed to add to the page count, so hey, why not add pages and pages of her fretting over how she was going to tell them about her trip. show more *sarcasm*

Also, at the end of the story, she basically handed the suspect over to the authorities and took off, leaving them to figure it out. It was just odd and unrealistic. The only thing is had going for it was that the mystery was interesting. The main reason I continued reading, besides the requirement, was to find out what happened to the train attendant who disappeared, but they never explained why that happened and what he knew that caused his disappearance in the first place.

Anyway, I guess I'm just ranting. I'm looking forward to reading a really good mystery soon, after this disappointment. show less

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Mary Daheim! This one was alot of fun, I would have given it 5 stars but I couldn't keep track of all the distant relatives Weevil or otherwise. I mean within the series Judith has Renie, of course, but a host of neighbors who assist her, in this one its just Renie and Judith to try to figure this one out. Which gets me to the cast this time around, and trying to figure out who was a possible suspect- okay, so in a murder mystery I always think ANYone could be the culprit. ;]

I agree that train travel is the way to go, just to see the vast country we live.

Getting really, really tired of Renie as a character. It used to be funny now she's just tiresome. Originally I liked this series better but now I prefer her Alpine series.