Death in A Major by Sarah Fox – Review, Spotlight & Giveaway
Death in A Major
A Music Lover’s Mystery
by Sarah Fox
Release Date: January 5, 2016
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Description:
When Archibald Major, local big wig and nasty tyrant, drops dead at a post-concert reception, violinist Midori Bishop soon suspects foul play. Although Midori has no intention of getting involved in another murder investigation, that all changes when Jordan—her violin student and the victim’s grandson—seeks her help convincing the police that the real killer is his uncle, a low-level criminal. As Midori digs into the victim’s life, she discovers that he was a man who created discord at every turn, even within his own family, and there is no shortage of potential suspects. When someone close to Midori unexpectedly confesses to the crime, Midori must race to discover the identity of the true killer before an innocent person goes to jail for a crime they didn’t commit…and before Midori herself becomes a victim in the killer’s deadly encore.
Review:
Death in A Major by Sarah Fox is the 2nd book in her Music Lover’s Mystery series. Midori Bishop, our heroine, is a violinist with the local Philharmonic Orchestra. In the first book of this series, Midori helped solve the murder, and now in Death in a Major she becomes in involved yet again with another murder mystery, which once again puts her own life in danger.
This was nice low key mystery, that has a bit of everything; murder, romance, multiple suspects, danger, tense excitement, and is well written by Fox. Though this was a quick and entertaining read, I found myself shaking my head on some things. Midori is very good at asking questions, and finding clues.
Every time she turns around another clue changes things as to who the murderer is. There are also villains in this book, who are not the murderer.
What I found a bit unrealistic was how she would go to the police, tell them the things she found, and expect them to tell her what they know. I also thought it was unrealistic how she would go to different people to ask questions. She wasn’t police or a detective, and she more or less was butting into people’s lives. I know that this is fiction, and Miss Marple did something similar, though the old lady did it with class. Not so with Midori. As nice as she was, there were times she acted so rashly, and I found myself becoming annoyed with her.
The mystery was good, played out well, and as I said, well written. If you like a good sweet mystery, you should give this a try.
Reviewed by Barb
Copy provided by Publisher
Sarah Fox was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia where she developed a love for mysteries at a young age. When not writing novels or working as a legal writer she is often reading her way through a stack of books or spending time outdoors with her English Springer Spaniel.
Connect with Sarah Fox
Website – http://www.authorsarahfox.com/
Twitter – https://twitter.com/thewritefox
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/authorsarahfox
Goodreads – https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4027516.Sarah_Fox
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