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Christmas Mourning Deborah Knott Margaret Maron Books

In my first-ever Kindle purchase/read, I chose to download Maron's Christmas Mourning; an entry in her Judge Deborah Knott series, set in Colleton County, North Carolina. I enjoy reading her Christmastime entries during the holiday season!

I'm giving the book 5 stars, but I think that it would rate lower with readers who haven't faithfully followed the series, just because the Judge's widespread clan makes keeping up with the characters very difficult.

Judge Knott and husband, Dwight, team up to help resolve the accident of one Colleton County team in a car crash and the murder of two other young men of the county. Maron does a good job of keeping us guessing on the resolution, and along the way, delights us with the holiday customs of the family. Deborah and Dwight celebrate their first anniversary; the book is a mix of the cozy elements that make this series memorable, plus a decent mystery, and the cultural emphasis that Maron always uses, this time expounding on the tragedies of teen deaths on the road.

One of my favorite elements of the book was the big Maron hint that she would be uniting Knott and her heroine of a previous series, NYC Detective Sigrid Harald, in an upcoming plot. Can't wait!

I'm a big fan of this series and the Sigrid Harald series, but caution readers that both are best enjoyed if you read the books in order.


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Christmas Mourning Deborah Knott Margaret Maron Books Reviews

I had never heard of the Deborah Knott series, but when I saw this Christmas-themed book, I loaded it on the .

It was pleasant. There are a lot of characters to keep track of, and they all seem perfectly agreeable.

The mystery, as it was, was not very compelling, but interesting. There were no real "bad guys" in the book, which was nice.

The Southern pace was a bit slow for me.

Deborah's world was a nice place to visit, but I probably won't be going back anytime soon.
Margaret Maron reliably delivers yet another Deborah Knott mystery. The tragic death of a young high school classmate of some of Deborah's nieces & nephews in an automobile accident raises questions. As usual, Knott and husband Dwight Bryant work somewhat separately, but by mining her extensive family (and his this time, too) and using her deep connections in the rural Carolina community she was reared in, they eventually arrive at the solution. Nothing terribly new or innovative here, but an intriguing mystery and an enjoyable yarn.
My younger son made a big mess in my living room, trying to get sewing started. Unfortunately, they are in an older home which smells anyway. Also the have a large, filled ashtray they keep passing around.
Maron continues to amaze me with her down to earth writing about Deborah Knott. She speaks the language of Eastern North Carolina,and having lived in that area for several decades, I can assure you that the nuances regarding the area and the people are true. Maron makes reading such a pleasure.I look forward to book number seventeen!
I love writers who can give a sense of place....and Maron does that beautifully. She has a beautiful eye for the language of country folks and the closeness of family. Her novels are enjoyable on all those counts--as well as her sense of humor. The plots are inventive, and Judge Knott's experiences in the courtroom (and the cases her husband faces) are well-done and realistic. Yeah, you can quibble with details, but these are enjoyable reads and a relaxing change from high-octane police drama. I'm an addict. I admit it.
The plot gets wrapped up a lot about Deborah's family during the Christmas season. That tends to overshadow the crime part of the story. It is an interesting plot about a death that seems unexplained - an accident on a straight stretch of highway in clear weather. The plot does have some twists and turns, and a lot comes out in the wash. There are some side issues and details of Dwight's work in the sheriff's office as well as Deborah's work in the courtroom. It is not award winning fiction, but is a good readable novel.

I can relate to the comments about Deborah's father's peach brandy. The older brother of one of my Calhoun ancestors ran flatboat loads of peach brandy and cherry flip down the river from Ohio to New Orleans. That was a while back, as he died in 1859 just before the war closed off the Mississippi River trade. Peach brandy was apparently a popular product, and I never thought about it as an ingredient for fruitcake.
I particularly like when there's enough interaction with the characters to get a feel for them and this certainly has that. Although I've read most of the series I'm still glad they put a family tree at the beginning to keep track. Maron doesn't rely on car chases or guns blazing (there are guns but they're kind of off-stage) but neither are her books "cozy." The crimes are generally related to the lives of the characters - usually the courts or policing through her Sheriff's deputy husband. Okay, yes, Deborah does run into a lot of coincidences, but I'm still a Margaret Maron fan.
In my first-ever purchase/read, I chose to download Maron's Christmas Mourning; an entry in her Judge Deborah Knott series, set in Colleton County, North Carolina. I enjoy reading her Christmastime entries during the holiday season!

I'm giving the book 5 stars, but I think that it would rate lower with readers who haven't faithfully followed the series, just because the Judge's widespread clan makes keeping up with the characters very difficult.

Judge Knott and husband, Dwight, team up to help resolve the accident of one Colleton County team in a car crash and the murder of two other young men of the county. Maron does a good job of keeping us guessing on the resolution, and along the way, delights us with the holiday customs of the family. Deborah and Dwight celebrate their first anniversary; the book is a mix of the cozy elements that make this series memorable, plus a decent mystery, and the cultural emphasis that Maron always uses, this time expounding on the tragedies of teen deaths on the road.

One of my favorite elements of the book was the big Maron hint that she would be uniting Knott and her heroine of a previous series, NYC Detective Sigrid Harald, in an upcoming plot. Can't wait!

I'm a big fan of this series and the Sigrid Harald series, but caution readers that both are best enjoyed if you read the books in order.