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Fun and funny with a spunky young woman with Asbergers syndrome, a beginning-Alzheimer’s gentleman, and a smarter-than-them-both dog (they had me at the pup). Case was interesting and unusual, script was clean and intelligently written (especially for the genre). It’s a YA but holds the interest of readers of any age. Highly recommended for the adventure and a smile. Well narrated by Tiffany Williams.
My actual rating is probably 3.5 stars.To begin with I feel like I need to tell you this is not a novel. I don't know why I should need to tell you this, I feel like when you buy a thing to read it should be clearly indicated that you are buying a short story, novella or novel, but for some odd reason this book is the exception to that expectation; it is, in fact, a short novella with a whole other novel attached after it (not in this series, not about these characters, not a cozy mystery so pos...
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I thought that this book was good
Grabbed my attention from the get-go. I loved the detective and dog combo :) Awesome cosy mystery!
Good readI liked this new series and look forward to more to come. This book is more just on the mystery side. Not a lot a suspense and thrillers, just a good clean mystery.
I enjoy Angela Pepper’s stories. They are well-written and have humor in them. This was a novella which I listened to. The narrator did a great job. This could have been developed into a full novel. The characters could easily be well-developed.There isn’t as much humor as I amuse to hearing in the author’s book but I think that was due to the length of the book. Unfortunately, this series did not go beyond book one.I would have been willing to wade into more stories with Derek and Abby.
Diamond Files Mystery is the first story that develops into a terrific gateway into a series which I think will be quite entertaining. I like the odd detective trio (although I admit that I'm a sucker for a dog in a story). There’s Abbey a 25-year-old with nil experience as a detective and hired as an assistant for one week to help an insurance investigator with his reports. Derek is in his 60’s and has a quirky sense of humor. Lastly Derek's sidekick Chewie, an adorable Beagle. I’m looking forw...
Solid start to a long series of cozy mysteries.
Two and a half stars. Quick read. Characters rather shallow, plot thin. Enjoyable, though.
Why?This is an unusual and confusing story. Abby, Derek, and Chewie make a likable team, but I'm not sure why! Abby is blessed with an amazing brain and no motivation to take advantage of that fact. She's apparently so paralyzed by fear of making a wrong decision (no explanation given) that she just allows life to happen, AND she lacks character. Derek seems to be a well-respected detective, but he's beyond quirky and unfocused. Chewie is the only one living up to potential. The murderer and the...
Not bad. At least the main character has flaws.There's a lot of wrong Disability-related stuff though. The Rain Man references are problematic. Generalized eidetic memories are basically a myth and Rain Man isn't about someone with an eidetic memory anyway. What Abby experiences sounds more like hyperthymesia but that doesn't affect recall of non-autobiographical information.And there is no official registry for service dogs in the US so it would be sad if Derek actually paid to register Chewie
