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M. L. Hamilton

Autor(a) de Murder on Potrero Hill

46 Works 263 Membros 7 Críticas

About the Author

Includes the name: M. L. Hamilton

Séries

Obras por M. L. Hamilton

Murder on Potrero Hill (2012) 72 exemplares
Emerald (2006) 38 exemplares
Cappuccino (2016) 12 exemplares
Murder in the Painted Lady (2017) 10 exemplares
Ravensong (2011) 8 exemplares
Murder in the Tenderloin (2012) 7 exemplares
Murder on Alcatraz (2013) 6 exemplares
Murder on Russian Hill (2012) 6 exemplares
Murder in Chinatown (2013) 6 exemplares
Pendant (2017) 5 exemplares
Murder on Treasure Island (2014) 5 exemplares
Murder in the Presidio (2013) 5 exemplares
Haunts in Bodie (2017) 4 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1967-03-23
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA

Membros

Críticas

Nice book overall. A young woman who lives in California biological mother passed ina car accident. She's due to inherit everything including a little coffee shop in a small town. But the death may not have been as simple as it first appears.
 
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ChrisWeir | Jul 19, 2023 |
I imagine some readers actually enjoy these books. I'm glad.

I am not one of those readers.

From a writing craft perspective, these are not five-star stories. There was apparently little basic research into such important areas as law and police training. And then, they are overly wordy, meaning actions are described to death, many little things we don't need to know, which always reads like padding. I don't want to read styrofoam! And then there are the characters. Payten's the MC, but she is not well written. Marko is better. Every victim and suspect was better. ...Who does that?

I managed to read the first story. the prequel novella Murder in the Painted Lady. It suffers from the 'too much description, though starting each chapter with a recorded message to the dead woman was smart. One chapter has a dramatic ending thought that that was ?? because it had nothing to do with what preceded it. And then, in the penultimate chapter, MC puts on six-inch heels, and moves like it's nothing when that's not her usual shoe. I'm sorry, no one does that and doesn't suffer for it, particularly during an altercation. In which the author missed a MAJOR way to add tension to a fight. Good agency, bad edit fail. Points for keeping me interested enough to finish it, but it could have been so much better.

I started the first novel, and just couldn't with all the excess verbiage. I didn't return for some time. But I tried again today. When I got to Payten's scenes, again, not as well done, trite, annoying. I skipped ahead a book... Same old. Fine. Last story. If there's no improvement in the first Payten scene, I'm out.

There was emphatically no improvement. And so I warn you; if you love police procedurals, this will annoy you. If you want a strong female lead, ditto. A good POC lead? Ditto. It could be instructive if you're learning how to edit, I suppose.
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terriaminute | Dec 4, 2022 |
A murder investigation being influenced by the wealthy and powerful of the city. A new series introducing Inspector Peyton Brooks. An easy read which I enjoyed. I may read more of the series in the future.
 
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Bettesbooks | 1 outra crítica | Jun 9, 2016 |
31 of 75 for 2015. Wow! Didn't see that coming. I do have to say that Peyton Brooks is the least sympathetic lead character I've yet met in a mystery series. I hope she gets better in future books--or maybe it's just my innate dislike of the police and their tactics that soured me on her. The main suspect, on the other hand, was very well drawn and I almost immediately jumped into his corner as his world came crashing down on all sides. I'd like to know more of his story. Peyton's, not so sure. But if a mystery about police overreach is what you're craving, this book has it in spades. Highly recommended.… (mais)
 
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mtbearded1 | 1 outra crítica | Apr 4, 2015 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
46
Membros
263
Popularidade
#87,567
Avaliação
3.8
Críticas
7
ISBN
23

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