Name: Died in the Wool
Rating: 3.67 (3 reviews)

Finally finished this one. I don't know what it was, but it just didn't hold my interest. I'd read a chapter or 2, find myself bored and put it away for a bit. Decided last night to push through and finish it.

The whole abused women shelter thing just felt disintegrous to the series, entirely outside of the central theme to the books. From Abi getting involved with the shelter to the issues with the board to the central plot of a dead woman and a missing woman, it just felt like a plot from another series was dropped into this series. I don't know, just didn't wow me; the story plodded along until the big reveal came around and lead up to the exciting conclusion.

Mostly I just kept at it because of my attachment to the whole Abi-and-Grant storyline (and because I like the series as a whole) and it was nice to see they characters moving forward a bit. I'm looking at this book as a bridge, and true to bridge books in a series, it's always the weakest link bringing together the changes needed to start a new chapter in the series.

Overall, didn't hold my interest but did move the characters forward, so I'll give it 3 stars.

I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy from the Great Escapes Book Tours. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Can Abi figure out what is going on at the women's shelter?

Died in Wool by Melinda Mullet is a thrilling book about whisky, raising sheep, and life in Scotland. Ms. Mullet has created a wonderful cast of characters in this series, and I enjoyed learning about them.

Abigail Logan

Our sleuth in this series is Abigail Logan, who was a crime journalist who would go off to other countries and take photos and write about what was happening over there. Now she is working at a whisky distillery that she half owns, works at a trust fund that she named after her uncle that left her everything and keeping sheep that are old and we're going to the slaughterhouse. Abi is a very stubborn girl who doesn't know when to keep her nose out of other people's business. She is trying to become a better person by learning more about the distillery and keeping herself busy. Of course, that doesn't always work as she gets wrapped up in another case.

Likes

loves her sheep

is trying to figure out her feelings for the other half owner of the distillery

great at solving crimes

Grant

He is the love interest and has been growing into one for the past three books. Grant is a lord, has a grand house, and loves working at the distillery. He is dealing with the after-effects of getting a concussion in the last book and how that has been affecting him now. It's not going very well for him, and he doesn't know what to do if he can't smell or taste anything as the blend master for the distillery. Abi, of course, suggests some other things for him to do and he is taking a liking to it. Grant is an attractive guy when he isn't moping around, waiting for his smell or taste to come back.

Mystery

Abi is brought on to help out on the board of a women's shelter so that she can help them keep their residence with where they are at. Except it doesn't work out all that well as one of the women at the shelter ends up dead, and another one gets kidnapped. The people running the shelter want Abi to do something but not involve authorities. Abi's biggest question is, are two very separate crimes with two very different reasons, or are they both committed by the same person? Only time will tell if Abi can solve it without endangering herself or anyone else again.

Four Stars

I am giving Died in Wool by Melinda Mullet a four-star rating as it was good and kept me entertained but there were some slow moments in the book. The mystery was good even though I kind of solved them ahead of the sleuth. Ms. Mullet did a great job laying out the clues, and that made me keep reading the book. I really wanted Abi to catch the culprit and kiss Grant.

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Died in the Wool (Whisky Business Mystery, #4)

by Melinda Mullet