2020: I read this book to fulfill a category on my Reading Challenge this year: "A book from a series with more than 20 books". I was at my local secondhand bookstore and recognized the covers of the Murder, She Wrote series, because my grandmother had nearly all of them at one point.

I immediately picked up on when the murderer was revealed (any Seattlite will get it). At first, I was pissed at the editor / fact checker for getting it wrong. Turns out I was just ahead of the curve in solving the crime!

To be quite frank, I thought that the main character's name was Maxine this whole time, because of the Chaka Demus & Pliers song. (Here if you don't know it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-av7F1JBmj4) Are they related at all?

I wouldn't really recommend this book, but I will say, it was far more progressive than I was expecting from the Murder, She Wrote series. That being said, I think it's time for us to be done with this series. Any mystery that includes the line, "It had to do with the gold!" as a genuine, earnest statement has got to go.