Murder by Death

A definite improvement from the first book.

Death of a Country Fried Redneck was a more enjoyable read and felt much more tightly written. The story line was completely implausible, but one doesn't read cozies for their gritty reality. A lot of good character development of the supporting cast in this book, although we see almost nothing of Lex - necessary to make way for the completely implausible story line.  

The murderer was a surprise - the author did a very good job with interwoven plot lines, red herrings, lots of suspects and misdirection. The writing still doesn't flow as naturally as it could, but this could be in part that it is written in the third person, so often feels more like a narration than a story to get lost in. Still, I'll look for the third and hope for continuous improvement.