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by Kaye Morgan Liza Kelly (half Irish, half Japanese) used to be a hotshot PR specialist, working for a demonic boss in Hollywood. But now she has left Tinseltown and a failed marriage behind, and has headed home to Maiden’s Bay, Oregon where she devises Sudoku puzzles for the local paper. A Sudoku tournament in Orange County proved too much to resist, but this once again puts Liza back where she is likely to bump into old clients. One such is has-been TV actor Derrick Robbins, who is also a Sudoku enthusiast and who has entered the tournament too. Back at his palatial home in the hills afterwards he tells her his conspiracy theory about hidden codes in Sudoku and introduces her to his niece, wannabe actress Jenny. But next time she goes up it is to view Derrick’s body…maybe there is something in his paranoia after all? The latest in the current trend for hobby themed cozies, Sudoku enthusiasts get five puzzles to solve as well as a murder mystery, plus lots of advice about solving strategies. The plot itself is linear, and although it does not exactly take a backseat to the puzzling comes to an abrupt and rather disappointing end. “Fizzles out” is a good way of describing what happens, leaving me with a fat section on solving Sudoku and some jokey, rather obvious hints on what not to forget to take to a tournament. Despite this reviewer’s love of the puzzles this is a novel not a puzzle book, and a beefier plot is required. It starts off just fine, and is imaginative enough to be interesting but some more substance plus an inventive climax would make the second book a lot better.
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Death By Sudoku