First, I want to say that I received this Advanced Reader's Edition from Goodreads. As you can tell, this did not affect my rating.When I begin reading this book, I kept thinking, "This sounds like a Dickens book," or "Aren't these characters the names in a Dickens novel?" I was correct. In the a...
I was extremely excited to read this novel, but felt it ended up coming off as being written to dryly to the point that I had a very difficult time with it keeping my interest.
This was the first of Lynn Shepherd's books that I've read, but I will be seeking out her debut novel ("Murder in Mansfield Park") and looking forward to any others that she produces. Why? Because this book was brilliant.Charles Maddox, the protagonist, is a former detective with the Metropolitan ...
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