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A review by ranjkrish88
The Finisher by Peter Lovesey
3.0
This was a 2.5 rounded up to 3 stars for me. I have never read a Peter Diamond mystery before and quite frankly will probably not read another if this book is a good representation of the series.
I usually love quirky mysteries and have a special fondness for British quirky mysteries but this one was just so boring. The story follows Detective Diamond as he identifies an old criminal he put away running a half marathon and he’s convinced he’s up to no good. The book goes almost 50% before a murder or even a crime is confirmed and that is just too many pages of set up. I slogged my way through the book and the final few chapters were fine but certainly not worth the read.
The main detective - Peter Diamond - is supposed to be dry wit but it just comes across as grumpy, curmudgeonly and tech phobic which doesn’t invite you to want to get to know him much. The other characters aren’t really fleshed out well except for Maeve who just arbitrarily disappears for a giant chunk of the book. It was just a disappointing read.
I usually love quirky mysteries and have a special fondness for British quirky mysteries but this one was just so boring. The story follows Detective Diamond as he identifies an old criminal he put away running a half marathon and he’s convinced he’s up to no good. The book goes almost 50% before a murder or even a crime is confirmed and that is just too many pages of set up. I slogged my way through the book and the final few chapters were fine but certainly not worth the read.
The main detective - Peter Diamond - is supposed to be dry wit but it just comes across as grumpy, curmudgeonly and tech phobic which doesn’t invite you to want to get to know him much. The other characters aren’t really fleshed out well except for Maeve who just arbitrarily disappears for a giant chunk of the book. It was just a disappointing read.