“Death With an Ocean View” is the first in a series of mysteries about Kate Kennedy. Kate is a new widow; her husband passed away six months prior and right after the couple has moved to Florida for their retirement years. Kate is having a time trying to fit in as a single instead of a couple after so many years of marriage.
With the city trying to decide whether or not to raze the condo facility she lives in, she is pushed into action. When a murder occurs within feet of her unit, she is pulled in. Her late husband, Charlie, was one of New York’s best homicide detectives. Using her past conversations with him and the files that he kept (which she didn’t have the heart to throw out), she uses some of his techniques in trying to solve the murder.
The first book in a series often has a lot of background information about characters, which slow the action a bit. This is true of this book. I suspect that the next books in the series will pick up the action now that we know who is who and how they fit together to form a team that investigates whodunnit.
I was provided a digital advance reader copy of this book by the publisher via Netgalley.
