- Title: The Sluething Game
- Author: Kathi Daley
- Series: Tess & Tilly #16
- Genre: Cozy Mystery
- Takes Place: Lake Tahoe
- Main Character: Tess
- Other Characters: Tony, Zoe, Zack, Shaggy, Carmen
- Pets: A golden Retriever named Tilly
- Stars: 2
This is the sixteenth installment of The Tess & Tilly Cozy Mystery and it should be the last. Sometimes a seris goes on for too long and I think this is one of them. As much as I have enjoyed the escapes of Tess & Tilly this one just didn’t measure up.
Tess and her husband Tony, her dog Tilly & Tony’s friend Shaggy head to Lake Tahoo for a video game convention. They are promoting their newest game. There is a lot of talk at the conference about a new game created by Loki and Craven that is supposed to be the best of the best. But when it comes time to preview this game, Loki & Craven are nowhere to be found. The next day when Tess and just her new friend Zoe are snow skiing they encounter a dead body, who just to be Loki. It looks like he died from a fatal accident while skiing. But when his friend Craven was found in his room by an apparent suicide, they are begging to wonder if Loki’s death was really an accident and did Craven really commit suicide. Tess & Loki, with the help from Tony are putting their sleuthing skills to work.
The plot twist I like in books wasn’t present in this one. There were no surprises at the conclusion or unexpected turns. Any good mystery should have a surprise ending and a a lot of twists, and this one fell short of my expectations. And then there is Tess’s father who keeps showing up, and it’s absurd that they were able to pass him off to her mother as her dad’s brother. There’s just not the suspense I keep expecting to build with her dad. I was somewhat disappointed in this book because I had liked the other ones in the series.
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