by Nicola Upson
"An Expert In Murder" is a well-written, rigorously-plotted, character-driven novel with a perfect period feel that I loved most for its empathy and compassion. I'm a fan of Josephine Tay. I think "Brat Farrar" is exceptional. So, when I saw that someone had written a series of mysteries with Jose...
He suddenly had an image of his down-to-earth sergeant rushing home from the Yard every night to devour the latest thriller by his fireside. Better still, perhaps he was actually writing one of his own. The thought of Miss Dorothy L. Sayers turning out to be a portly, moustached officer of the law i...
Found this murder mystery quite interesting and entertaining, it would have been better to get to know some of the characters better.
So it wasn't my favourite mystery that I've read in the past while, but it wasn't bad at all. I think I had trouble with too many POVs. It felt like the author wanted us to have the POV of everyone who was a suspect. Which gave the book a certain depth, I think, but made it a bit of a slog for me...
Nicely done. Probably would have got 4 stars if I had read it 20 years ago as I enjoyed the traditional murder mystery much more then.
Things that annoyed me about this book: 1. The ridiculous overuse of the word "lover". 2. The introduction of an enormous amount of characters with little or no purpose. 3. The main character (Josephine Tey) was extremely dull -- she didn't like being open or personal with anyone, including many if...
This is not a book about Josephine Tey, Detective, but rather about murder happening close to her. Most of the detecting is done by her good friend the policeman.I struggled to get in to this novel, especially during a sequence of head-hopping early on, where we are taken briefly through the pov of...
A little slow to get into -- so many characters to keep track of, and I wasn't spending dedicated time reading it. But once I got into it, I liked it and I liked that the ending was not predictable to me.
A fascinating little number. I was drawn right into the 1930's London theatre scene. I enjoyed the characters, especially the glorious bitchiness of some of the theatrical types! I certainly didn't pick the perpetrator, so had the added pleasure of shock/surprise at the big reveal. I found the end o...
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