Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen by Vicki Delany
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is a very well written book that is full of Christmas everything. Even a character is dressed as Santa through most of the book. though the character is a father of the main character and not Santa. There’s a flimsy mystery involved, but this is a book to read at Christmastime, not in July.

The title is a wee deceiving and i find it interesting that ‘God’ is not part of the title, but not surprising these days. The mayhem is small stuff and threatens the a small town in New York. The hows and why fores of the actions are a bit much and toned down by more Christmas this and that. The conclusion is unsatisfying considering all of the ruminating who did it.

However, the characters are very engaging and the Christmas theme is done far better than other authors, such as Debbie Macomber. The settings are also very well down.

A technicality i have to call involving Delany’s knowledge of government jurisdictional lines. Early on a detective appears, though what jurisdictional office this character works for is never defined. There’s also writing of some kind of transfer done by the detective. Delany writes as not knowing transfers are more complicated and very specific. A city is prominent in the book, but little is referred to involving the county authorities as jurisdictional lines are crossed involving another city and the conclusion of the book. For some reason “State” police are called when the jurisdiction should have been city or county authorities. Technical stuff that is much more involved and something I’ve hardly found in any other book i’ve read.

Bottom line: I recommend the book. 6 of 10 points.

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