Between organizing a joint session with her friends at Bull Run Hunt, leading her own Jefferson Hunt Club’s fox hunting season, and looking after her beloved hounds and horses, “Sister” Jane Arnold is as busy as can be. She and her friend Tootie Harris are helping to lure home hunt club member Cindy Chandler’s two escaped cows, Clytemnestra and Orestes, when they discover an expensive watch carelessly abandoned on an overgrown path. The last thing Sister needs is another mystery to solve, but when one falls into her lap, she can’t help but get involved.
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| November 2024; Bantam; 978-0593873823 audio, ebook, print (304 pages); cozy mystery |
Time Will Tell is book 16 in the "Sister" Jane series. I've read 5 books in this series and since there is a character list at the beginning of the book it is easy to just jump into the series. I really enjoyed this book.
I read a lot of cozy mysteries but this one is different. There isn't really an amateur sleuth or any of the characters who are actively investigating except for the sheriff. The murder mystery doesn't feel truly central to the story. The characters stumble across the bodies and talk about the events among themselves but they aren't seeking out people to interview or trying to gather clues.
The characters are great though so I don't mind hanging out with them. And reading this book really is like hanging out with them as we get ordinary conversations that anyone would have (the what's for dinner kind of talk) but it isn't boring as there are always history tidbits being sprinkled about.
Sometimes with this series, I'm put off by the fox-hunting especially when the foxes feature more (if you haven't read any of this series, the animals talk to each other so they are humanized in a sense and I feel bad about them being chased). While fox-hunting no longer ends with the fox being torn apart by the dogs, I still struggle with the fact that they are frightened by the chase and I don't think you should harass animals for sport.
Sometimes with this series, I'm put off by the fox-hunting especially when the foxes feature more (if you haven't read any of this series, the animals talk to each other so they are humanized in a sense and I feel bad about them being chased). While fox-hunting no longer ends with the fox being torn apart by the dogs, I still struggle with the fact that they are frightened by the chase and I don't think you should harass animals for sport.
Though there are several fox hunts and the dogs pick up a scent we don't have them actively chasing a fox as it is usually already in its den. So I was able to enjoy the descriptions of the landscape and the galloping of horses.
The book is set during Thanksgiving so it is the perfect time to pick it up to read this coming week.
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Donna Huber is an avid reader and natural encourager. She is the founder of Girl Who Reads and the author of how-to marketing book Secrets to a Successful Blog Tour.
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