The Kari AnnAlysis

Politician’s are dropping like flies and rookie cop Clare Vengel finally gets her break to go undercover and show the world what she’s got. Her first gig, a college poli-sci student trying to find who is poisoning the politicians.

Dead Politician Society is written through the eyes of Clare, Matthew, Annabelle, Laura and Jonathan. Clare of course is our leading lady. Matthew is her new poli-sci “teacher”, who may also be in charge of the secret society that claims to be killing the politicians. Annabelle is a lowly obit reporter who was the lucky one chosen to receive the obits the killers were sending out. And Annabelle dates Matthew. Laura’s ex-husband was the first politician killed. Her girlfriend is also in Clare’s class. And Jonathan is actually just a man in love. Yes, he’s in Clare’s poli-sci class, but he followed his heart to get there. Each of these offer a unique perspective of the story, some from the outside, some from the very close inside.

Clare has to keep her cool and her cover while trying to find who is slipping the poison.

I normally have an easy time writing the summaries for the books I read, but this one was a toughie. It may be because I was watching a nail-biting, West Virginia rival football game on ESPN at the same time, but I really think it was just because I am still having a hard time wrapping my head around everything that happened in this book.

The number of narrators is one of the things I love most about this book. I’m all about short, quick chapters. And and of most of America these days,  I have a hard time paying attention for long periods of time. This was great for my short attention span. The book changed just in the right times.

To go along with the changing of the chapters in the book, I was very impressed with Spano’s writing. It’s hard for me to sit down and write a book from one point of view, let alone five. Each chapter’s tone changed with each character. Writing like this amazes me. It also offers different ways to tell the story. A lot of the info we learned about the killer was not actually shared by Clare, but through the eyes of the other narrators.

I wasn’t quite sure what I was getting myself into when I first agreed to read this book. Robin contacted me and asked if I’d be interested in taking part of her book tour for this month. Her book was on NetGalley, but since the cover wasn’t pink and purple and glittery, I didn’t pay it much mind. This is why I love reading. I am always pleasantly surprised.

I will always be the fan of a mystery novel if it keeps me guessing. And from the first chapter, I was guessing who the killer was. I thought I knew a few times, but just like Clare, got caught up in friends and fellas to really see what was out there.

Clare is a very likable leading lady and I am really hoping Spano has another one up her sleeve. I give Dead Politician Society 5 bookmarks!

Check out Robin Spano’s virtual tour (link below) and watch for my post to be added. My date is 9/11. I have to admit, this is my first tour like this and it is really cool.

ISBN:  9781550229424
Published: 9/1/10
Author Website
Kari got this book from NetGalley as part of a virtual tour

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