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donnaadouglas's review against another edition
1.0
Duller than dull thriller genre twaddle! Cliched metaphor's every other sentence. Utter shite!
sandin954's review against another edition
4.0
Medway is a British expatriate in West Africa who makes his living as a fixer for traders but finds danger when he is hired to find another Brit who seems to have disappeared under suspicious circumstances. Very entertaining. Will continue on with this series.
sockielady's review against another edition
3.0
Read it for book group. Not what I usually read. Found it a bit confusing and didn't really care for any of the characters.
vraper's review
4.0
I'm a fan of Robert Wilson's crime novels, especially the Inspector Falcon series. The Bruce Medway books are earlier works and it shows. There's lots of Raymond Chandler-style metaphor and a beautifully-evoked sense of place, but it overwhelms any sense of Bruce's character and muted my sympathy for him. He feels like a wise-cracking camera.
It is definitely worth reading, but I'd recommend The Blind Man of Seville in preference.
It is definitely worth reading, but I'd recommend The Blind Man of Seville in preference.
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