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A diatribe, if not a rant ...
Just over halfway through the first in a (proposed, no sequel yet) series: Murder at the Mill. Iris Grey, a London artist, has separated from her abusive husband taking a lease on a cottage on the grounds of a highly successful writer; he and his family live in the mansion near the mill wheel. Not exactly a spoiler that the writer is murdered, with the deed in the prologue, and the official act after he and the rest of the possible suspects have been introduced.
I'm frustrated that although she is nominally the amateur sleuth, Again part of a possible series, we are only in her head barely half the time, along with the family members, local residents, police, and even her estranged husband. At 14 hours, it's fairly long for a mystery. Supposedly, she's headed off to Scotland at the end of this story, so I'd be willing to try the next one, but this quasi-cozy format isn't really for me.
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