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Under different circumstances, a week at a rustic lesbian retreat would undoubtedly bring much-needed rest and tranquility. But unless she can track down a ruthless killer, Cassidy James may be headed for another sort of peace and quiet -- the kind that comes with headstones!Someone is trying to kill Dr. Allison Crane, head physician at a Portland women's clinic and president of Women On Top, the influential lesbian organization to which she has willed her substantial estate. Reviewing the evidence, Private Investigator Cassidy James quickly deduces that the culprit is someone dose to Allison -- someone who knows the intimate details of her daily life.Posing as Allison's new girlfriend, Cassidy accompanies her to a Women On Top retreat deep in the Oregon wilderness, hoping to lure the would-be murderer into the open. With danger lurking just outside their cabin, the undercover detective discovers that the alluring Allison wants her under-the-sheets as well -- and the feeling is overwhelmingly mutual....… (more)
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As evidenced by the title, this is the fourth in the Cassidy James mystery
Once Cassidy gets there and meets all the suspects (basically the entire executive board of the lesbian organization Women on Top, the ones who that are having the retreat). Of course the retreat's on top of a Mountain, and so Cassidy is pretty much on her own as she tries to figure out which woman is trying to harm Allison (while Cassidy also tries to stay faithful to her girlfriend as well, wouldn't want to skip the romantic part of the book).
I didn't really have a problem with the mystery. It wasn't the most inventive one ever. I sort of knew who did it at least 100 pages or so before the end of the book. I won't spoil why I knew of course, but, it was in there.
Still, even if boring, it was a well constructed mystery. My main problem was that I didn't like Allison, who was one of the main characters in the book, and so in it a lot. I tried to like her, but no matter how I looked at the character, even as I got deep into the book, I just couldn't stand her. I think it's generally a bad thing when you're reading a book and think, 'It'd be interesting if the killer succeeded... just a little bit'. Very bad thing.
But, there are eight books in the Cassidy James series (as of the reading of this fourth book), and I'm gonna try and read as many of them as I can find. And, this was a well written book, I just didn't like all the parts of it.