Blum opens the first novel of her new Rose Avenue Wine Club series with the main character having just left her marriage and moving with her dog across the country. Written in the first person point of view, the perspective is limited to what Halsey knows, which leads to some characters feeling underdeveloped. While more is learned about them along the way, there are loads of different characters in this novel, which may confuse readers —readers will have to pay very close attention and take notes.
Annie "Halsey" Hall is welcomed into her new neighborhood by being invited to a wine club run by the residents on her new block. She enters the first house she comes to with the door open and stumbles onto a murder scene. Now she is a suspect and the police are focusing on her, so Halsey takes it upon herself to play detective and begins looking at everyone a bit closer — even those in the wine club who have decided to help her find the murderer. Some strange things are happening on and around her block ... will she straighten it all out before the police decide that she is the killer?(KENSINGTON, Dec., 320 pp., $7.99)
Reviewed by:
Jenny Falcone for RT Book Reviews
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