A review by msliz
Talking to the Dead by Harry Bingham

Did not finish book. Stopped at 30%.

A police procedural set in Cardiff was something of a novelty, and my interest was piqued by the main character's rather odd demeanour and behaviour. However, I lost interest when it became clear that there was no way Fiona Griffiths would be working as a police officer - she was too erratic, frequently inappropriate in her interactions with suspects, witnesses and

dead victims!

, and regularly disregarded protocols and orders to go off and do her own thing. The reason for this became clearer when I skim read to the end, but stretched credulity even further.

It's also off-putting when all of the various separate investigations in a crime novel miraculously turn out to be linked and the protagonist solves the mystery through a series of implausible hunches.