A review by wheninapril
The House Sitter by Ellery A. Kane

3.0

I finished this book in 1 and a half day and this is what I think..

The narration was good at the beginning, I was really enjoying it. But somewhere from the middle I noticed the narrative of 2 or more characters in a conversation sounded too similar, i had to go back a couple of times to be sure who was talking.

The character "Maureen Shaw" was a total disaster in my opinion. I mean when you are in law enforcement , last thing you should do is let your emotion guide you, and the worse way to investigate a crime is targeted investigation where you just decide "HE IS THE CRIMINAL!" and have a tunnel vision all through the investigation and miss all the other signs. I literally cringed when she walked in the crime scene without the forensics permission, and her other questionable methods to obtain information. Is she aware even if she found conclusive clues, the way she obtained them made the information invalid in the eye of a judge and they will not the accepted as a key evidence? I do agree with the other officers, she is unfit to be in law enforcement, PI suites her better.

I totally hated the "SETH" character and I am really glad he got what he deserved. And my oh my! Though I guessed the twist a couple of chapters before it actually came in light, I loved it! And IRIS was a true gem! Love her to the core.

So all the credits goes to IRIS that this book got a 3.5 stars, where "Maureen Shaw" made the book loose 1.5 stars, just saying :/

Thank you netgalley for the review copy.