annieb123
Written on Jul 22, 2020
The Black Cat Breaks a Mirror is the 5th book in the "Bad Luck Cat" cozy series by Kay Finch. Released 21st July 2020, it's 243 pages and is available in paperback and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links. I've really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately.
This is an appealing and well written cozy mystery (and series). For some reason, my reading list has been too heavily slanted toward very serious 'deep' and angry books lately. This was the perfect antidote to too much current events, philosophy, and politics. It's lighthearted and although it's a murder mystery, it's a fun read and not too demanding.
There's a lot to like here. The book is well written technically, the plotting and characterizations are fine and the dialogue is fairly well done and not clunky or awkward. The story arc moves along at a good clip and the clues follow the rules of engagement. Like many other 'cozy mysteries with food and cats', this one does actually include some recipes at the end of the book. The icebox layer cake is one of my go-to cakes for social occasions and the others look good too.
The language is clean (a couple of 'damn's, nothing worse) and there's no racy content, nothing to make anyone blush. This was my daily bus commute read and it was a good one.
Four stars. I'll be sticking with Hitchcock and Sabrina for the next books in the series.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.