Review of A Woman to Blame
Posted: 15 Sep 2021, 08:11
[Following is a volunteer review of "A Woman to Blame" by Vincent Panettiere.]
Lies, deceit and heartache are to be uncovered in this intriguing murder mystery. When the body of a headless, handless man were discovered in the swimming pool of the university. Detective Mike Hegan was baffled at whom will go so far as to cover the identity of the victim.
With the tragic death of Lucy, Mikes fiancé, to the shooting accident with his abusive ex-brother-in-law, that leaves him cripple. With the decision of the police sheaf to put Mike on early retirement, Mike is convinced that the death of the race horse, Italian Scallion and the alleged suicide of his trainer, Ariel Sutherland are connected. However the lead Detective Ramino and the DEA are otherwise convinced or are they been mislead.
A woman to blame by Vincent Panettiere is a fast pacing, easy to read novel. Over the 450 pages, there are multiple characters and the way he flips from character to character is masterful. He also gets the feeling and situation of every character through to his audience with ease. I was really scared he is going to lose the core of the story in the middle of the book, for the book is so lengthy , but he does not disappoint me at all. With all the loss that Mike endures in the beginning of the novel he still keeps his funny witty humour and determination across the book to find the killer and hope to find love again. With Portia's hurt and mistrust in men in general. It is hard for her to let go of the wall of anger that she had build around her for years. Even though the longer she is with Mike, she is letting go of the hurt caused by her farther.
Vincent gets so involved in his writing of the novel that he sometimes forgets it is ordinary people reading his books. The pace is so fast of the story and the flipping of characters sometimes, that you must wait and recall where he has left off with a character. And that recollection is normally in the fourth or fifth line of a new character change. It is dew to, the characters that puts all the events in motion and then steps to the back, just to read about them again later in the story.
The writing of A woman to blame was coherent and easy to read. In the beginning of the book there is a lot of profanity that he used to get the characters feelings through to the reader. From page 13, a bit light profanity to page 16 a bit more moderate. On page 17 it will be offensive for readers where the writer is using 'Jesus 'to get his point over. On page 52 he takes it a bit far with this to get his point over 'Goddamned f****g Jesus H. Christ" , even for me that is open for anything, is this very offensive and he could have used other ways to get the point over to the reader. I did fined on more that ten profanities in his novel that is borderline, pages ( after the ones already mentioned) 66 ,73 , 77 , 78. It does get fewer the more the story goes on, on page 95 again and then fewer later on. A bit of sexual nature in the beginning of the novel, but nothing 'Mills & Boon' nature. There was no spelling errors or grammar issues. I have chosen to give this book a three out of four.
A woman to blame is a definite read by murder mysteries buffs. Already early on in the story there is action and suspense that keep the reader curious. The story consists of interesting characters, well out-thought plots and twist , that keeps you enthralled until the end.
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A Woman to Blame
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Lies, deceit and heartache are to be uncovered in this intriguing murder mystery. When the body of a headless, handless man were discovered in the swimming pool of the university. Detective Mike Hegan was baffled at whom will go so far as to cover the identity of the victim.
With the tragic death of Lucy, Mikes fiancé, to the shooting accident with his abusive ex-brother-in-law, that leaves him cripple. With the decision of the police sheaf to put Mike on early retirement, Mike is convinced that the death of the race horse, Italian Scallion and the alleged suicide of his trainer, Ariel Sutherland are connected. However the lead Detective Ramino and the DEA are otherwise convinced or are they been mislead.
A woman to blame by Vincent Panettiere is a fast pacing, easy to read novel. Over the 450 pages, there are multiple characters and the way he flips from character to character is masterful. He also gets the feeling and situation of every character through to his audience with ease. I was really scared he is going to lose the core of the story in the middle of the book, for the book is so lengthy , but he does not disappoint me at all. With all the loss that Mike endures in the beginning of the novel he still keeps his funny witty humour and determination across the book to find the killer and hope to find love again. With Portia's hurt and mistrust in men in general. It is hard for her to let go of the wall of anger that she had build around her for years. Even though the longer she is with Mike, she is letting go of the hurt caused by her farther.
Vincent gets so involved in his writing of the novel that he sometimes forgets it is ordinary people reading his books. The pace is so fast of the story and the flipping of characters sometimes, that you must wait and recall where he has left off with a character. And that recollection is normally in the fourth or fifth line of a new character change. It is dew to, the characters that puts all the events in motion and then steps to the back, just to read about them again later in the story.
The writing of A woman to blame was coherent and easy to read. In the beginning of the book there is a lot of profanity that he used to get the characters feelings through to the reader. From page 13, a bit light profanity to page 16 a bit more moderate. On page 17 it will be offensive for readers where the writer is using 'Jesus 'to get his point over. On page 52 he takes it a bit far with this to get his point over 'Goddamned f****g Jesus H. Christ" , even for me that is open for anything, is this very offensive and he could have used other ways to get the point over to the reader. I did fined on more that ten profanities in his novel that is borderline, pages ( after the ones already mentioned) 66 ,73 , 77 , 78. It does get fewer the more the story goes on, on page 95 again and then fewer later on. A bit of sexual nature in the beginning of the novel, but nothing 'Mills & Boon' nature. There was no spelling errors or grammar issues. I have chosen to give this book a three out of four.
A woman to blame is a definite read by murder mysteries buffs. Already early on in the story there is action and suspense that keep the reader curious. The story consists of interesting characters, well out-thought plots and twist , that keeps you enthralled until the end.
******
A Woman to Blame
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon