Book Review - Murder She Wrote: Majoring in Murder

Majoring in Murder by Donald Bain

This Murder, She Wrote title is the third of the long running series that I have read, and so far I think it's my favorite. Jessica Fletcher is teaching a semester at Schoolman College in creative writing and when a freak tornado hits, a lecturer is found dead. It's ruled as an accident, but Jessica suspects murder and sets out to find the truth.

It's not an overly long book, about 260 pages, and the chapters are often fairly short which helps the pace. Donald Bain gives the characters plenty of time to develop as well as laying down clue after clue as well as including a couple of sub-plots along the way. The murderer came as a surprise, I actually considered a good handful of the characters as I was reading, so I was pleased that I had been fooled and the reveal in nicely though out and plays as a good ending for the novel.

If you have read any of the other books in the series then you'll know the formula and how well it works for these novels. It creates a comfortable, light read which once you get into you'll find it hard to put the book down. It's well written as usual, told in first person from the eyes and mind of Jessica Fletcher. There are a cast of quirky and developed supporting characters, I particularly liked Eli a student who helps Jessica in her investigation and we have Seth and Mort appearing as well via telephone conversation with Jessica.

This is a great read and a fun one, which I think can easily be read one weekend and I'd highly recommend this as well as The Maine Mutiny (Murder She Wrote) and Dying to Retire (Murder, She Wrote) (Paperback) the two other Murder, She Wrote titles I have read.