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Blood Link (Detective Inspector Carol Ashton Mystery)

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All good things must come to an end, and if they don't this is what you get. Carol Ashton should have been kissed off a while back when she was still interesting. This novel is a lemon. The plot is stretched thin and is barely credible to begin with. If you want to read a good Claire McNab mystery, try the early Carol Ashton books. I should have known better than to buy this, but like a lot of readers I was hoping Ms. McNab would pull a rabbit out of the hat. Instead she gave us a turkey.

It's a doggone shame, but it's time that Det. Carol Ashton takes a bullet. Thus, the character, the series and the readers will be put out of their collective misery. Perhaps it's time to bring Sybil back into the series full time instead of just the occasional mention. Or, make the series about Aunt Sarah...she, at least, is interesting. Det. Ashton has lost her passion, seemingly, for everything. Her cases, her friendships, her
lovers(?), and her overall interactions with everyone around her are as stale as week old bread. It's a doggone shame.

I love the Carol Ashton mystery series and this one certainly does not disappoint. It is certainly not time for Carol to take a bullet. I look forward to each successive book to see what will happen next. I do believe however, that it is time for Carol to have a permanent, stable relationship. I feel that McNab continues to perpetuate the notion that lesbians are incapable of developing and maintaining meaningful and stable relationships. She certainly doesn't do lesbian relationshiops and justice. The mystery part of her books are top-rate and I look forward to #16. Check out the Denise Cleever series as well.