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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Another fine Horowitz and Hawthorne murder mystery. Definitely didn’t guess the twist, and a new scene of the crime (Alderney, of the Channel Islands) made it a bit more interesting. I guess I’m still coming to grips that the author wrote himself into his own novels for a series of detective stories.
Quick read! Pages are small with large text and it was an easy story to get into. As always you never guess the ending and I liked how well you get to know all the characters. Only thing I struggled with was that the scenery makes you feel like it should be based in like the 18th century but there are all these references to modern day. Overall a good read!
Months-later-review: Decent! But this entire series is not nearly as memorable as Horowitz's Magpie Murders series (excited to see that there's a third book to that series coming soon!)
This series by Horowitz is a treasure.
Hawthorne is the ex-policeman who now "consults" with the police on solving murders. Horowitz is the writer who goes along with him and the interplay between the two is sometimes strained, often comedic.
I didn't suspect the identity of the "bad guy" until very near the end, which is good.
This is a light, easy read and quite enjoyable.
Hawthorne is the ex-policeman who now "consults" with the police on solving murders. Horowitz is the writer who goes along with him and the interplay between the two is sometimes strained, often comedic.
I didn't suspect the identity of the "bad guy" until very near the end, which is good.
This is a light, easy read and quite enjoyable.
Well, I didn’t anticipate that at all!!! Like, even a little. Nicely done, sir! This series just gets better and better.
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Really fast paced murder mystery
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes