After All These Years

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Summary: No surprises here
Review: When looking for a good mystery I know I'm not going to get great literature. There are only three things I ask of a mystery. 1)a challenging whodunit, 2)a little escape from everyday life and 3)some wit. I'm afraid that this mystery by Susan Isaacs didn't measure up. In the first place it was way too predictable. I knew who and why before I was a quarter of the way through the book which means the clues were a little heavy handed. In the second place - Was the petty, political vitriol supponsed to be witty? I found it unnecessary to the plot and frankly mean spirited. Third, I can get all the politics I want on the evening news. The characters were detailed but stereotypical and all the husbands were shallow, self centered louts. True, our heroine is spunky, resourceful and cute but this mystery left me feeling irritated and dissatisfied.