Murder by Rote is the second installment of the Meredith and Alec Thatch Mysteries. This installment has some issues that the first didn't, including a much more convoluted storyline that got bogged down in too many characters. So many, in fact, that at times the wrong person is mentioned, and it just didn't make sense the way the first mystery did.

Normally I'm forgiving of grammar issues and typos in ARCs because those are often caught and corrected before a book is published, but this installment suffers from the same repeated incorrect usage of apostrophes in plural, singular possessive, and plural possessive names that was extremely prevalent in the first, which I read the final published version of. I found it distracting to the point of frustration, and I'm doubtful that I'll continue with the series as a result.

I received a free ARC from StoryOrigin, but my review is unbiased and left voluntarily.