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A Banquet of Consequences by Elizabeth George
1.0
What a waste of time. I had given up on Elizabeth George's Inspector Lynley previously as the stories had gotten painful to read. However, having liked the main characters in the past and reading reasonable reviews about this book, I thought I would try one more time. I shouldn't have.
There isn't a single redeeming person in this book, except maybe for Ruth the editor and the murder victim's close friend. The story is a slog through vile abusers and those who wont stand up to them. All of the main characters were whinny and insipid. Ms. George goes into some detail about how the method of killing would kill the victims and how dangerous it is to those that use it. Based on that information the perpetrators should have died also. There never was an explanation of how the perpetrators set up the murder and didn't also die. This is a very bad plot point.
Ms. George has turned both Lynley and Havers into wimpering lap dogs. Based on Havers prior behavior she now has a transfer to Berwick-upon-Tweed hanging over her head unless she toes a straight and narrow line, which keeps her from really digging into the crime. Inspectory Lynley is much more in the background this time and struggling with his boss and finding a new love interest.
All in all it was a dreadful book.
There isn't a single redeeming person in this book, except maybe for Ruth the editor and the murder victim's close friend. The story is a slog through vile abusers and those who wont stand up to them. All of the main characters were whinny and insipid. Ms. George goes into some detail about how the method of killing would kill the victims and how dangerous it is to those that use it. Based on that information the perpetrators should have died also. There never was an explanation of how the perpetrators set up the murder and didn't also die. This is a very bad plot point.
Ms. George has turned both Lynley and Havers into wimpering lap dogs. Based on Havers prior behavior she now has a transfer to Berwick-upon-Tweed hanging over her head unless she toes a straight and narrow line, which keeps her from really digging into the crime. Inspectory Lynley is much more in the background this time and struggling with his boss and finding a new love interest.
All in all it was a dreadful book.