Footnotes of a Murder

Janell Sandler

⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2

Third-grade teacher. Maggie Rose is looking for a relaxing vacation when she leaves for Hawaii for three weeks. What she didn’t expect was to get arrested after finding the body of Professor Richard Grant in the jungle. After being released, Maggie and her best friend Nora search for answers of who murdered Grant and why. What they find is a mystery involving cultural heritage vs. entrepreneurship. 

This book started out strong with the author setting the stage and developing the main characters. But then it hit some bumps in the road after the first few chapters. Some of the scenes seemed disjointed or didn’t move the plot forward in a meaningful way. The author used lots of humor (which there is nothing wrong with doing), but at times it felt forced or overdone. That said, the stories seemed to get back on track and flowed a bit more smoothly. Full disclosure, I was reading an ARC version of the book, so this issue may have been fixed in the final version. Overall, I liked the premise of the story and thought it had potential. I would give it 3 1/2 stars.

*I received an ARC of this book. All opinions expressed in this review are my own.