The Rookery

**1/2

PG-13

{L} {SM} {GS}

Not Recommendable

Again, I was disappointed with what I was hoping would be a clean mystery series :(

There were a couple of instances of the Lord's name in vain...one rather severe one (in my opinion).  There was a little other "mild" swearing as well {L}.

{SM} There was an attempted rape that didn't get very far and a little talk of prostitutes.

{GS} The mode of multiple murders was throat cutting so even though the author does not go into descriptive detail, it does invoke somewhat gory images.

The story itself was interesting and the resolution even more interesting but sadly, I cannot recommend this series :(

Limelight

**1/2

PG-13?

{L} {SM}

Probably not Recommend

I was very hopeful with this one as I had enjoyed Emily Organ's two, short mysteries.  It started off very well but then I became disappointed :(

There were just a couple of instances of mild {L} until a chapter about half way through the book where a certain character uses the same "D" word about 10 times in a conversation.  It drove me crazy!

Also, it did end up dealing a lot with immorality and infidelity {SM}...why do they always have to go there?

I do like her writing style though and her main character, Penny Green, is very likable.  I'm tempted to try the next one in the series and see if it's any better.

Westminster Bridge / The Teacher

****

PG

{L}

Easily Recommend

I am really excited!!!

I think I found an historical mystery author that is relatively clean!

I have been so disappointed in the past with the different authors I have given a try.

These are two short mysteries and each of them only had one mild (...I don't necessarily like referring to any swearing as mild but if hard pressed, I would categorize this one as mild :) swear word.  Neither of them had any graphic descriptions or scenes even though they are murder mysteries and, lo and behold, neither of them dealt with infidelity either!

I was astounded.

I am definitely going to read Emily Organ's full length mysteries in the future! (providing they stay as clean as these two miniature samplings)

There wasn't a lot of depth to either of them but that was probably because they were short...I'm thinking that in her novels I will be more impressed with her as a writer.