An Expert in Murder
by:
Nicola Upson (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780594011132 (0594011132)
Publish date: June 16th 2009
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
European Literature,
British Literature,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Detective,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Murder Mystery
Series: Josephine Tey (#1)
"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.
5 years ago
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