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heather62's review against another edition
3.0
This was a good book but why was #14 in a series recommended to me?
colibookworm's review against another edition
4.0
I really liked this one, it was a quick read. The pacing was good.
ksparks's review against another edition
3.0
This is the first book I've read by this author (authors) and I enjoyed it. The plot kept me guessing up until almost the end. The characters are a little flat--you don't find out much about the Inspector, and while details are shared about the other characters somehow they don't get fleshed out enough. The dialogue is also a tad unbelievable. Nonetheless, it's still an interesting story. Those who enjoy Jacqueline Winspear (and fiction about World War 1) will probably enjoy it.
vkemp's review against another edition
4.0
A man walks into Ian Rutledge's office in Scotland Yard and confesses to the murder of Justin Fowler. Except no one seems to know if Fowler is really dead or not. Several days later, that same man is found in the Thames with a bullet in the back of his head. Except he was dying of cancer, so why would someone shoot him? As Rutledge investigates, he discovers Wyatt Russell, the man he claims to be, was, indeed, not Wyatt Russell, who survived the Great War and now lives in a convalescent home due to traumatic brain injury. This investigation leads Rutledge deep into the Essex countryside where secrets are rampant and bodies can disappear into the marshes with no difficulty at all. More bodies appear; some died before the war and some within recent memory. Who is killing the residents of River's Edge manor, located in lonely Furnham? I do not know how I missed this 14th book in the long-running series, but, as always, it is a good puzzle with expert plotting. I did not see the villain until too late.
cspiwak's review against another edition
3.0
Enjoyed the claustrophobic setting of the seaside village, with the weight of the past bearing down on everyone. Hamish begins to feel like an interruption to me. There were plenty of murders and an adequate cast of interesting characters to choose your murderer from. Somehow I was a bit put off by the ending, though all the groundwork had been laid, somehow just didn’t feel satisfying.
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