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A review by happy_hiker
Talking to the Dead by Harry Bingham
3.0
In Wales, a woman and her cold are found murdered in a squalid squat. The platinum card of a dead millionaire is found in the hovel. Young detective Fiona Griffiths is on the team that is put together to solve the case.
As a police procedural, this was average. But i feel that more than being about the working of a Wales police department or even about solving a crime that centered around prostitution and drugs, this was a story about Fiona. Fiona suffers from a mental illness, the full extent of the illness is revealed at the end. This (the illness) was supposed to explain her inability to follow protocol, but I'm not sure how someone with such a debilitating problem would have been hired as police and I kept thinking throughout the book that she should be fired for insubordination. I was ready to go with it up until the scene where she stayed at the morgue, at which point I started a little skimming.
I picked up this book because I have really enjoyed Tana French and Steig Larson and this came up somewhere as recommended for readers who liked books by these authors. I don't think this book compares. I am giving this book 3 stars because there were times when I was engrossed in this book, but I may change it to two stars after further reflection. I assume this is intended to be a series, but I can't say that I would follow this one.
As a police procedural, this was average. But i feel that more than being about the working of a Wales police department or even about solving a crime that centered around prostitution and drugs, this was a story about Fiona. Fiona suffers from a mental illness, the full extent of the illness is revealed at the end. This (the illness) was supposed to explain her inability to follow protocol, but I'm not sure how someone with such a debilitating problem would have been hired as police and I kept thinking throughout the book that she should be fired for insubordination. I was ready to go with it up until the scene where she stayed at the morgue, at which point I started a little skimming.
I picked up this book because I have really enjoyed Tana French and Steig Larson and this came up somewhere as recommended for readers who liked books by these authors. I don't think this book compares. I am giving this book 3 stars because there were times when I was engrossed in this book, but I may change it to two stars after further reflection. I assume this is intended to be a series, but I can't say that I would follow this one.