Book Review: Death Comes Too Soon

Reviewed By: Dawn Dowdle

Death Comes Too Soon     Amazon US TPB Amazon Canada TPB
Patricia Harrington
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Woman Main Character   Amateur Sleuth
Series: Bridget O'Hern
Publish America, Paperback, 7/05, 199 pages, $19.95

Bridget O’Hern’s friend Bev Tilton talks her into coming to the Oregon coast to look into the local art league. Bev is afraid that the art league’s executive director is embezzling funds. Bridget is a nonprofit consultant, but she has doubts about taking on this assignment. The lure of free lodging in Bev’s bed and breakfast is too enticing. So, she goes.

Bridget is trying to heal from the end of her twenty-three-year marriage. What she gets is a dead friend, Bev. Bridget continues investigating the art league and trying to get information about who might have killed Bev. Interim police chief, Sam Alpern, is none too happy that she is investigating. Nothing will stop her. Not even when she finds herself in danger.

Can Bridget figure out what’s going on in the art league and who killed her friend without becoming a victim herself?

This is the first in this series that I’ve read. I really enjoyed it. Found it hard to put down. I can’t wait to read the next one. I loved the setting on the Oregon coast, too. Bridget is a likeable character and the people in this small town really added to the story. Sam Alpern is a great character, and I hope he’ll be in future books.

I highly recommend this book!

Dawn Dowdle

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