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Charlotte Brody has settled into her job of writing stories and editorials for the Cordova, Alaska, newspaper and is spending her first winter in America's "Last Frontier." One evening as she is working late, she and the town deputy notice that the local hardware store is on fire. If this isn't disaster enough, the owner of the hardware store is later found inside the burned building—and he was dead before the fire started. It's soon after that Charlotte finds that an important black box is missing from the store—and that, yet again, more of her neighbors are not what they seem.

Again, I'm on the fence about this series. I like having a determined suffragette in a post-World War I Alaska, and I enjoy certain relationships, especially the one between Charlotte and Brigit, the madam of the local brothel. I like the growing romantic relationship between Charlotte and deputy James, but I felt the romance started too early as much as I like the fact that it's not adversarial as is so cliché. But, damn, she has no finesse; she's a terrible interviewer and asks too many blunt questions. How the heck did she ever manage in New York? Not to mention she thinks it's okay to break into someone's home in pursuit of a story! And the modernisms that burst into the text are maddening. Someone said "It's not my thing" and I flinched.

The worst parts of these books are when Charlotte preaches. Yes, we know she's for votes for women, birth control, girls continuing her education, and women having careers, and doesn't believe in Prohibition, but she seems to make speeches (or think thoughts) about them ad infinitum. Sometimes it's like one big lecture. Show, don't preach. The mystery is middling, and I thought the perpetrator perpetuated a stereotype.


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Borrowing Death A Charlotte Brody Mystery Cathy Pegau 9781496700568 Books Reviews

Borrowing Death is the second book in this historical mystery series that features Charlotte Brody as a writer/reporter in 1920s Alaska. The book picks up roughly three months after the first book (when Charlotte retreated to Cordova, Alaska to lick her emotional wounds) and sees Charlotte firmly ensconced in the offices of the local town paper. When a prominent local business man is found dead at the scene of a fire, Charlotte's investigative instincts are once again set into motion.

I'm a little on the fence about this book and this series. I mostly like Charlotte as a character. Her career as a journalist makes for solid justification for poking around in other people's business - a tricky feat to accomplish in most mysteries that feature amateur sleuths - and I do like that she doesn't ever seek to hold back pertinent information from the local law enforcement (a real pet peeve of mine in this genre). That said, there are still moments when she crosses the line into busybody territory, though at least she has some self-awareness on this score. I also like the 1920s setting when the country was on the verge of passing the Volstead Act and the suffragette movement was starting to see the payoff to all its hard work. The ramifications of both were felt in this story.

But there are two things that make me wary of moving forward with this series. The first involves an issue that I thought was already dealt with in the first book. I agree with Charlotte's stance on it but even so it's starting to feel a little preachy and overwrought to me. I'd hope to be done with this particular issue but given that one person of importance to Charlotte still doesn't know makes me skeptical that this is the last we hear of it. The second issue involves the introduction of a new character. I typically don't enjoy the introduction of [children in the early stages of a series. I find they tend to limit the protagonist's activities and options. (hide spoiler)] It's fine later in a series when things are winding down but at this point Charlotte is still getting settled into her new environment, still trying to sort herself out, and still trying to decide what she wants her relationships with those around her to look like. Plus, given Charlotte's history it seems a bit of a work-around cheat.

At this point, I think I'm going to adopt a "wait and see" approach to any future books.
Borrowing Death opens shortly after the close of Murder on the Last Frontier. Charlotte Brody has decided to extend her stay in Cordova, a small town on the Alaska frontier. She has found a job reporting and typesetting at the local newspaper and is still sending her serial about frontier women to be published back east. She likes her job, the people of Cordova and seeing her brother, Michael, the town doctor, on a regular basis. She especially likes the handsome Deputy Marshal, James Eddington.

The novel opens with Charlotte's editorial about the Volstead Act, which would establish National Prohibition. Charlotte, as a free-thinking suffragette, thinks it is a very bad idea which will open the doors to all sorts of crime. She expects her editorial to stir up controversy in the town. It indeed does, but is eclipsed by a fire that guts the town hardware store and takes the life of its' owner, Lyle Fiske. Cordova has recently had a series of arson fires, but none have caused such property damage, much less loss of life. It is soon clear that it was not arson, but murder. Lyle Fiske and his wife, Caroline, have many secrets, but which of those secrets would lead to murder? Charlotte wants to find out and get the story.

The Charlotte Brody Mysteries are a nice mixture of history, mystery and just a little romance. I particularly enjoy the portrayal of the characters and setting. The social issues of the day have not changed very much in the ninety plus years since the era of the novel. Prejudice and discrimination are still with us, as well attempts to legislate morality and limit the rights of women. Despite the admitted failure of National Prohibition that Charlotte predicts in her editorial. Thanks to Netgalley and Kensington Books for an advance digital copy in return for an honest review.
A fun, easy read.
It is not very often that I find a Writer that I would follow. I love Cathy's Style and the way she weaves her story.
Great Read! Thank you for the trip to Alaska. I look forward to the rest of this series.
Good book. Takes place in early 1900s in Alaska. I have read the first two books in this series and the characters are becoming better defined. It is an enjoyable read.
Charlotte Brody has settled into her job of writing stories and editorials for the Cordova, Alaska, newspaper and is spending her first winter in America's "Last Frontier." One evening as she is working late, she and the town deputy notice that the local hardware store is on fire. If this isn't disaster enough, the owner of the hardware store is later found inside the burned building—and he was dead before the fire started. It's soon after that Charlotte finds that an important black box is missing from the store—and that, yet again, more of her neighbors are not what they seem.

Again, I'm on the fence about this series. I like having a determined suffragette in a post-World War I Alaska, and I enjoy certain relationships, especially the one between Charlotte and Brigit, the madam of the local brothel. I like the growing romantic relationship between Charlotte and deputy James, but I felt the romance started too early as much as I like the fact that it's not adversarial as is so cliché. But, damn, she has no finesse; she's a terrible interviewer and asks too many blunt questions. How the heck did she ever manage in New York? Not to mention she thinks it's okay to break into someone's home in pursuit of a story! And the modernisms that burst into the text are maddening. Someone said "It's not my thing" and I flinched.

The worst parts of these books are when Charlotte preaches. Yes, we know she's for votes for women, birth control, girls continuing her education, and women having careers, and doesn't believe in Prohibition, but she seems to make speeches (or think thoughts) about them ad infinitum. Sometimes it's like one big lecture. Show, don't preach. The mystery is middling, and I thought the perpetrator perpetuated a stereotype.