Board to Death

By: CJ Connor

“Board games brought people together. They were the best thing I knew for loneliness or a longing for connection.”

I wanted this book to be better. Ben is the son of a game store owner. Sometime after Clive tries to sell Ben a valuable board game, he winds up with a knife in his chest at the front door of the game store. A backpack full of money mysteriously appears at the door sometime later as well. The detective is not counting out any suspects. Ben feels like he needs to clear himself, so he conducts his own investigation. So who killed Clive?

I was bored to death reading this book! The murder didn’t even occur until at least 54 pages in. The set up took way too long for me. I never felt any suspense or angst from Ben, who was supposedly worried that he was going to be wrongfully arrested for murder. Additionally, the detective never made me feel like Ben was a true suspect.

I also guessed who was the culprit very early on by something the character said. I have a really hard time DNFing a book. In fact, I never do it. But I should have with this one. I was really just bored the entire time.

If you decide you want to check out this book, you can do so here.