Checking Inn - Emily Harper
Published: 20/12/13
Publisher: Writers To Authors
Pages: 246
I am really happy to be a part of Emily’s blog tour for this book and am excited to bring you a review!
Checking Inn follows the story of Kate and her Summerside Inn. Kate is meticulous in the way she conducts her life and her habits stretch to her working environment too; everything has to be perfect. When a hotel critic, who Kate has history with, visits to write a review about the newly renovated inn, Kate becomes even more focussed on perfecting her inn. However, very soon, Kate is left panicking about the future of her business when the hotel critic is found dead in her bedroom.
An investigation ensues and as Kate and the leading detective on the case, Ben, try and work out who could have murdered the critic, it soon becomes clear that Kate’s life is about to irrevocably change.
Emily’s writing style is fresh and fun, turning this book into a bit of a tragicomedy. Whilst there is a dark side to this novel there were also many laughs to be had. I guess I could even go as far as to say, this is a little like a modern-day Christie novel. There was plenty of scheming and deceiving in this plot and I couldn’t have predicted where the novel ended up which is always a bonus; I often manage to predict where ‘murder’ plots will end up.
The characters were an interesting bunch. I found it hard to warm to Kate in the beginning: it seemed she cared less about someone being dead and more about making sure her inn wouldn’t be tainted by the incident. I slowly started to warm to her but I wouldn’t say I completely sympathised with her. Ben, the hunky detective, was a lovely addition to the plot: he was clever, gorgeous and had a very calming presence. Kate’s mother was a challenging character! She really grated on me but I think that was her purpose in the novel!
This book wasn’t particularly long which made for a nice quick read. The pace was superb throughout and I found it hard to put down. There were some lovely twists and turns and shocking revelations that were made throughout that kept me hooked.
I guess I would have liked it to have a been a little longer so we could have seen a little bit more about what happened after the murder was solved, I felt like we were cheated at bit at the end…I wanted more!
After reading Checking Inn I am certainly going to keep my eye out for any future books from Emily!
A tragicomic novel about lies, deception and colour-coded pens.
Publisher: Writers To Authors
Pages: 246
I am really happy to be a part of Emily’s blog tour for this book and am excited to bring you a review!
Checking Inn follows the story of Kate and her Summerside Inn. Kate is meticulous in the way she conducts her life and her habits stretch to her working environment too; everything has to be perfect. When a hotel critic, who Kate has history with, visits to write a review about the newly renovated inn, Kate becomes even more focussed on perfecting her inn. However, very soon, Kate is left panicking about the future of her business when the hotel critic is found dead in her bedroom.
An investigation ensues and as Kate and the leading detective on the case, Ben, try and work out who could have murdered the critic, it soon becomes clear that Kate’s life is about to irrevocably change.
Emily’s writing style is fresh and fun, turning this book into a bit of a tragicomedy. Whilst there is a dark side to this novel there were also many laughs to be had. I guess I could even go as far as to say, this is a little like a modern-day Christie novel. There was plenty of scheming and deceiving in this plot and I couldn’t have predicted where the novel ended up which is always a bonus; I often manage to predict where ‘murder’ plots will end up.
The characters were an interesting bunch. I found it hard to warm to Kate in the beginning: it seemed she cared less about someone being dead and more about making sure her inn wouldn’t be tainted by the incident. I slowly started to warm to her but I wouldn’t say I completely sympathised with her. Ben, the hunky detective, was a lovely addition to the plot: he was clever, gorgeous and had a very calming presence. Kate’s mother was a challenging character! She really grated on me but I think that was her purpose in the novel!
This book wasn’t particularly long which made for a nice quick read. The pace was superb throughout and I found it hard to put down. There were some lovely twists and turns and shocking revelations that were made throughout that kept me hooked.
I guess I would have liked it to have a been a little longer so we could have seen a little bit more about what happened after the murder was solved, I felt like we were cheated at bit at the end…I wanted more!
After reading Checking Inn I am certainly going to keep my eye out for any future books from Emily!
A tragicomic novel about lies, deception and colour-coded pens.
Laura