Snagged (Regan Reilly Mystery Series, Book 2)

If you need to kill some time in a waiting room, I recommend this light reading. The book reads quickly , I like the wriing style, and overall the story is "fun"... as fun as senior citizens watching Matlock daily in the nursing home. There is no real violence so it is very sedate and you'll be able to go to sleep without checking under the bed. The suspense really revolves around the sale of the pantyhose rather than the characters being killed. Overall, if you need to forget your troubles, dive into this book which requires minimal brain activity.

Stinker! could more aptly describe what this book should be entitled. I tried this as my first CHC novel. What a joke. She has missed every one of her mother's tried and true techniques at building suspense. In fact the book is laughable in its attempts at a new genre - comedy/mystery novels. I even found myself so bored that I simply read to finish the book , and then donate it to charity. In her mother's novels, one is lead along chapter to chapter , and feels that there must be numerous potential actors in the murders. In this Snagged book, one just doesn't even care. Looks as if we readers were snagged.

I had read several books by Ms. Clark and liked them for the most part, despite their obvious flaws. Her first novel, "Decked," had good settings, interesting characters, and a satisfactory plot. Others of her novels had similar assets. But THIS novel, "Snagged," was complete nonsense. It is padded shamelessly in an attempt to prop up a very weak and predictable story. How many times must we be informed that the pantyhose are virtually indestructible? How much foreshadowing can the reader take of the wretched sounding "party" to introduce said pantyhose? Cliches abound throughout. Bad writing, poor syntax, wrong words, dull characters, bad everything prevail. Did no competent editor look at the manuscript for this? Did Ms. Clark not see the classic Alec Guinness film, "The Man in the White Suit?"

I would add only that the thinly veiled character who is Ms. Clark's mother in the real world is a bit too much, a trifle too ritchbitch. And it feels as if the younger Ms. Clark tried to ride the popularity of her mother character in this book. If so, it was a bumpy ride indeed.

good mystery

no comment.

Good book. Arrived in perfect condition.

Enjoyed reading.

Enjoyed the book.

great

Average book for carol higgins clark. I like her books because it doesn't take long to finish and good for traveling.