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Book Review of A Simple Murder (Will Rees, Bk 1)

A Simple Murder (Will Rees, Bk 1)
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Unlike another review, I have a problem with the primary character, Rees, feeling aches every time he gets off his wagon. When you consider the action takes place in Maine, and Rees himself states he travels by wagon as far south as Georgia, as he is a traveling weaver, you would think he would be used to traveling by wagon. After awhile, it gets a little old with him complaining about his aches, especially as he is only in his 30s.

Still, I loved the book. It is a very good mystery, and even though, close to the end, I thought I knew one of the murderers, I was slightly off and won't explain it here. However, the other murderer is fairly obvious earlier in the book.

I'm looking forward to reading others in this series.

I'm always had an interest in the Shaker religion as it was unusual, to say the least. And from one image on the Shaker Wikipedia page, you might think they were the first people to invent "line dancing." :-)