Joan's Reviews > Cat Killed A Rat

I struggled with this until the 33% mark and then dnf'd. I couldn't get to grips with the place or characters; I felt I was missing some earlier books although this is the first in the series.
As for Ponderosa Pines?
I couldn't get a feel for the town: in places its supposed to be a tiny 'village' and yet it has two 'B and Bs' and a cathedral??? AND a newspaper!

The crunch point for me came when it was suggested that Luther's death was not an accident. WHY?? The ladder was described as 'ricketty' and 'unsafe' so why on earth would anyone immediately think it was murder without any other signs of foul play? There was no justification for that and it was a huge plot hole that irked me to the extent that I dnf'd.