A review by lucyb
Gently With The Painters by Alan Hunter

1.0

I do like Inspector Gently, but this book was a disappointment. Both plot and characterization are thin, and the gift for atmosphere I enjoyed in earlier volumes of the series was not on display. More jarringly, the entire plot was remarkably misogynistic. The murder victim, an intelligent painter, is spoken of in scandalized tones by the men who knew her as a repressed/closeted lesbian. How do they think they know? It's unclear, and this repeated assertion, of unclear relevance to the plot, felt rather prurient.