A review by stacielynn
A Borrowing of Bones by Paula Munier

3.0

This is the first in a new series and I listened to this book. I suspect the narration influenced my opinion of the book. It's a little precious in places - so neatly tied up I envision a huge fluffy bow, not just tied shoelaces. Some of the dialogue was repetitive and simplistic. How many times can people utter the affirmative "Understood" in a single conversation.
So coincidental that the mourning Mercy, who has retreated to the woods with her dead fiance's bomb-sniffing dog finds a recently divorced, really great guy who is a law enforcement officer of sorts and also has a working dog! And Mercy, former military police in Afghanistan, is the daughter of very wealthy and successful Boston attorneys, a lifestyle she eschews in favor of the quieter and more meaningful life in rural Vermont with her veterinarian grandmother, who is the widow of a cop.
In the midst of this, Mercy spouts Shakespeare appropriate to every incident she encounters during her brilliant and confounding unravelling of the murder mystery.
It's fine, but it didn't hook me.