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A review by bedhermit
The Girls In The Water by Victoria Jenkins
3.0
This is a solid, promising debut but it seems a bit soulless and could have done with a sweeping cut from the editors knife.
The two female protagonists are in need of further development as both are a bit flat and as of yet I don’t feel an affinity for either (I find this very important in crime writing as not wanting the detective to meet a grisly end is surely paramount!)
The story itself is interesting but overlong. The endings of the chapters are styled on a kind of cliffhanger which doesn’t do anything to add drama to the atmosphere.
3 stars from me and sadly I don’t think I’ll be continuing with the series.
The two female protagonists are in need of further development as both are a bit flat and as of yet I don’t feel an affinity for either (I find this very important in crime writing as not wanting the detective to meet a grisly end is surely paramount!)
The story itself is interesting but overlong. The endings of the chapters are styled on a kind of cliffhanger which doesn’t do anything to add drama to the atmosphere.
3 stars from me and sadly I don’t think I’ll be continuing with the series.