Book Review: Muscles, Music and Murder by David M. Selcer

This is the third book in the Buckeye Barrister series and I should mention that I have not read the first two yet. Although we do get some background on Winston Barchrist I’m wondering if reading the first two books in the series would have helped me enjoy this one more.

Not that I didn’t enjoy it, but other than Winston and his computer hacker friend Trudy, the characters didn’t seem all that interesting to me. Then again, Winton is the main character and I did like him a lot. I especially liked his self-deprecating humor about being overweight.

As for the story, the first three-quarters of the book were interesting, trying to figure out how the murder of a body builder and the attempted murder of a symphony conductor could possibly be related. But the last quarter or so was rambling and redundant, giving the summary of the entire story up to that point a couple of times.

I will admit, though, that I didn’t see envision the story ending the way it did, which was a nice surprise and interesting twist.

3 of 5

I received this book from Goodreads First Reads in exchange for an honest review.

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