I like it!

Very good mystery and it unfolded at a nice pace. Had me guessing almost up to the end!

I like Whitney (the MC) and her supporting cast. The setting for this series is promising for future stories and dialogue is good - not awkward or lengthy with too much details.

My favourite parts:
-Sawdust's (Whitney's cat) POV
- no obligatory romance for the MC.

Great cozy mystery book. Loved the many suspects. Really loved the pov from an aspiring real estate business woman.

Hated the cats pov. Skipped thru those every time.

Gut Instinct Rating: 4.5
Characters: 3.75
Believability: 5
Uniqueness: 4.75
Writing Style: 4.5
Excitement Factor: 4.5
Story Line: 4
Title Relevance: 5
Artwork Relevance: 5
Overall: 4.56

Slow start, too stupid to live protagonist, and repeated details (a certain pun, how many rings it takes someone to pick up the phone, make and model of non plot relevant cars.) Saved by Sawdust, the cat, and a sense of humor over repeated poor decision making.

An ok start. I've seen people do the idiotic thing with chapters from a pet's point of view, but it's usually to pad a novel to book length. This would have been fine without it.

Whitney works managing houses and wanting to be a real estate agent. She has a chance to buy a house from a nasty real estate man, and he ends up dead in the yard of the house she buys. The mystery ensues. There's too much early acquiescence by the detective, but other than that, and the cat's point of view, it moves smoothly with a good story. I'll read the next.

I did not think it was possible for Sophie Amoss’ voice to annoy me but turns out this southern accent will do it lol

2.5 ⭐ This was fine. There wasn't much focus on the mystery, and the characters' method of trying to investigate was just going to people to threaten them and then as a result getting no answer, which just felt unproductive.

The chapters from the cat's perspective were stupid and added nothing, so I skipped them. There was nothing compelling about the mystery or the characters to draw me back to read more. Overall, this book just left me with a feeling of "Meh."