Just started my first Louise Penny (Dead Cold) and despite great reviews, mostly, I feel like I am in a slightly darker episode of Murder she Wrote with Jessica Fletcher.... It's very unconvincing and the characters are cartoon like and the number of coincidences are extraordinary!!
I was expecting a good old fashioned murder mystery type book with an uncompromising old fashioned detective at its core, ie. switch my brain off but at least get caught up in it all.
What I find is what appears to be some kind of crime comedy caper which is rather short on the comedy but not in a good way.
Just me or does it improve after a dodgy start? Was really in the mood for a detective novel too!!!