Reviews for Holy Terror in the Hebrides

The average rating for Holy Terror in the Hebrides based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-08-18 00:00:00 Mickey Rymer "Holy Terror In The Hebrides" by Jeanne M. Dams. This review is from: Holy Terror in the Hebrides (Dorothy Martin Mysteries, No. 3) (Mass Market Paperback) Dorothy is invited by close friends, Lynn & Tom Anderson, to stay for a restful vacation at their cottage in Iona in the Hebrides. Since Alan, Dorothy's significant other and chief constable, is caught up in the formalities of police duties leaving Dorothy alone, she accepts the invitation gratefully. So after a lengthy traveling experience in getting there she's ready to unload and relax. That is until she discovers she left the key to the cottage at home. This situations is shortly remedied by Dorothy moving into a nearby hotel with quite a group of American travelers. On one of their excursions to the fabled Fingals' Cave an accident occurs that involved the death of a fellow traveler. Dorothy ponders whether this was in actuality an accident or is she reading more into it than deems plausible. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this (off the beaten path) story taking Dorothy away from Sherebury and Alan as well as her next door neighbor, Jane. The author brings each new character to life in clear detail with a background on each making this book another adventure in the life of Dorothy Martin. Highly recommended to all cozy lovers.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-10-05 00:00:00 Brian Gilbertson I read this book a number of years ago, probably when it was new, and it spoiled my relationship with the Dorothy Martin books (I liked the first two, which I recently reread). I still found this book full of offensive stereotypes, but the ending was not quite as bad as I had remembered. Dorothy, for a variety of reasons, is alone at a hotel on the Hebridean island of Iona, her friends having been delayed. She becomes involved by a not too pleasant religious tour group from Chicago that includes (almost like a World War II movie!) an African American, a gay guy or two, a rabbi, and a nun. That's where some of the stereotypes come in. Someone dies in an accident which Dorothy suspects was a peculiarly indirect murder; there's a killer storm; someone is injured; Dorothy feels threatened. It's still never going to be one of my favorites, but I don't feel that it's biased, as I had remembered it.