I have watched about 4 1/2 seasons of the show and have enjoyed it. Not much of a mystery fan, I find myself either growing tired of some of the like, but Murder, She Wrote has always been one that I could never grow tired of. At most, I fall out of the mystery hunger. About a year and a half ago, I picked up this book at a resale store where they had a deal going on. As many books as one can fit in a grocery bag for $3.00. Being a fan of the telly programme, I put it in the bag. took me till yesterday to finally pick it up and read it because I fell out of the reading phase. Back into it again, I have to say that I'm pretty glad I did.I will say however that it didn't really feel like this book belonged with the series of the character of Jessica Fletcher, though. When Jessica spoke, obviously throughout the entire novel, her answers seemed like they'd be more prudent for a psychiatrist that fancied themselves as one that would simply tell the patient what they wanted to hear. Or what they thought the patient wanted to hear. The other characters were far more lively than Mrs. Fletcher.For the first 100 pages, as I said in my only status update about this book, there was much ado about something, but nothing, really. Don't get me wrong, it was interesting, but tedious, simultaneously. Lots of character development, yes, but less is more. I find myself wondering if Donald Bain should have opted for that. One thing that did surprise me was that this 'adventure' in Mrs. Fletcher's life didn't really seem to revolve around finding out who the murderer was. Understandable since it revolved around the kidnapping of her publisher, but still I found myself wonder why she was only fixating on the kidnapping. The character of Jessica Fletcher is famous for being a nosey busy body. I would think she would focus on both the kidnapping and the murder. Admittedly, it is someone explained at the end why she only fixated on the kidnapping. Plus I found it a tad pretentious that a fictional character allegedly co-wrote it. A nice touch, but pretentious.It takes place mostly in Mexico, so my only real complaint about this book is that I have such a craving for beefy enchiladas rancheros and cheesy beef enchiladas and pretty much most things you could find on a Mexican restaurants menu. Unfortunately; well not exactly 'unfortunately', except for my stomach; it is Passover and I have to wait till this coming Tuesday night to satisfy my pallet. I can't have wheat, gluten, yeast, just name a few. That doesn't really have anything to do with this book so I digress.I'll just end by saying that I did like the book enough to give it 3 stars. I followed the evidence and paid mind to the things that Jessica noticed and managed to figure some things out before the eventual revelation. It was also interesting that since this was released in 2005, there was use of the internet. Never thought I'd read of, or see the day when Jessica Fletcher would have an email address. Reagan was President when that show in the running, and, I believe, ended while the first Bush was still President. It aired for 12 seasons. Anyway, I'll just end by saying that it is kinda neat that even though, to my knowledge, Dame Angela Landsbury doesn't portray the character anymore, they have the character still doing what she does best. Being a nosey busy body who won't let the killer get away with it.
