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

by Melinda Mullet

[Mystereity 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.