GREAT FOR AMATEUR SLEUTHS—4-STARS (With link below to Wardini Books, Napier)

For Murder Press 3  is a great read for amateur sleuths, chock full as it is of likely suspects, and a slew of motives. I thought the world-building was good, and could clearly see the small city of Seagrove, New Zealand, where the story takes place. The characters, too, are well crafted, if sometimes unlikeable, with this making them all the more ‘real’ for it.

Benedict Aberthorp, the protagonist, is believable in his plodding determination to find the killer, all while dealing with his own demons. The thing that will have you guessing until the end is which of the many suspects has the most to gain from the crime, because it’s not obvious. 

I received an ARC copy of this story from Cranthorpe Millner Publishers

A.N. Low