Book Review: Dark Nantucket Noon

Reviewed By: Dawn Dowdle

Dark Nantucket Noon     Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Jane Langton
Class/Genre:   Mystery
Series: Homer Kelly # 2
Published 1975

This is the first book I have read by this author. I began reading this at the beginning of our vacation to New England. I almost didn't make it past the first chapter. I stuck it out another chapter to meet the main character Homer Kelly. That made it bearable.

I must say that this is not one of my favorite books. I just didn't feel that the characters flowed with each other. I especially did not like Kitty Clark who was accused of the murder. She was too flighty for me.

Homer Kelly, a former lieutenant-detective and academic, was her attorney. He is the main character of this series. I did like him. So I will try another book in this series in time. I hope that not all her books are written in this same way.

There just wasn't any connection between the characters and maybe that's the way this story needed to be told in her opinion, but I felt it was too disjointed and Kitty had no "confidant" friend other than her attorney whom she had just met.

I prefer a series where you really get to know the characters...

The setting as I stated is on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts. Kitty has come there to view the eclipse, as have many other people. She stumbles upon a dead woman at the lighthouse who happens to be Joe Green's wife. Kitty and Joe Green had an affair before Joe was married. She is still in love with Joe and had tried to NOT run into him on the island. Kitty is accused of the murder because of this history and the fact that she is found by the dead woman with a knife in her hand. Homer Kelly comes to her aid and helps her unravel the truth.

Dawn Dowdle

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