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Death in the Family by Tessa Wegert

Death in the Family by Tessa Wegert

September 5, 2025 by Classic Leave a Comment

Woof. That was bad. I was hoping to find a new series to read/love but that is definitely not happening with this one. Honestly, there is zero character development with the lead (Shana), we get random things happening with suspects, we hear about a previous incident that happened before she moved with her fiancée, and then the book just keeps going on and on. Not one thing made any sense at the end and I just didn’t even get what Wegert was going for in […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Death in the Family, Shana Merchant #1, Tessa Wegert

Classic's CBR17 Review No:132 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Death in the Family, Shana Merchant #1, Tessa Wegert ·
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Love Island

Death in the Family by Tessa Wegert

January 6, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

There are two things going on with this book, one I loved, the other I just found meh. The good thing is the main case. It’s a Knives Out esque Rich People Being Bad tale playing out on a storm swept island. I liked the way our heroine, Det. Shana Merchant navigated between the good, bad, and ugly of this family, while Tessa Wegert impressively for a rookie effort did a good job peeling back the layers to get to the conclusion. 99% of the […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Death in the Family, mystery, New York (State), Shana Merchant, Tessa Wegert

Jake's CBR15 Review No:2 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Death in the Family, mystery, New York (State), Shana Merchant, Tessa Wegert ·
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