A review by heidirgorecki
An Unfinished Murder by Jude Deveraux

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

 I liked following the next murder mystery for Jack, Kate and Sarah, as well as the new members that have joined their group from the last couple books. It was an easy mystery - not dark, not super emotionally invested outside of the end with Sarah’s revelations - so I liked the little threads to unravel while still being relatively light. 

There were some times it felt like there was little detail on what was happening - the settings were glossed over and all the sudden the characters were in another location or whatever. I would have liked it to be a little better described so I didn’t reread sections trying to figure out what just happened. The beginning I also couldn’t figure out if Kate was literally having a psychotic break or what was going on. The memory flashbacks were just weird. 

And I still don’t get some of the timeline - the last couple books did the same thing where they keeps mentioning it’s been “years” of Jack and Kate being friends or that Randall was around after his release. But it just doesn’t make a lot of sense, given the actual timestamp of each book’s setting. Small pet peeve but still. 

Overall, I liked the book and the easy mystery that it was, and I liked how it wrapped up with some of our MC’s. 

Thanks to Netgalley for the advanced copy of the book. All opinions are mine.