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The Redemption Murders
by J.C. Briggs
When a ship's captain is stabbed to death, Charles Dickens aides the police.
I received a free copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
This is the sixth book in the Charles Dickens & Superintendent Jones series. As it has a new cast of suspects and victims, I didn't feel at a disadvantage for not having read the rest of the series.
The Redemption has travelled the world, transporting goods for trade, under the command of Louis Valentine, a man who all seem to like.
The captain starts to think that his voyage is cursed, when one traveller dies and another disappears; but he probably didn't see his own death coming.
Unfortunately, I did not get on with this book.
I've tried a few times over the last month, but I just can't get into the writing style.
I felt like I was being talked at by a variety of characters who shared every inconsequential detail of their lives.
Having the captain spend a couple of pages musing over the different sorts of knots he used in his life, did nothing to add to the story or world-building.
I did not find the writing style engaging, and all of the characters blurred into one interminable episode of telling.
There are deaths and disappearances within the first few pages of the book, it should have been a gripping start, but I was merely bored.
I received a free copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
This is the sixth book in the Charles Dickens & Superintendent Jones series. As it has a new cast of suspects and victims, I didn't feel at a disadvantage for not having read the rest of the series.
The Redemption has travelled the world, transporting goods for trade, under the command of Louis Valentine, a man who all seem to like.
The captain starts to think that his voyage is cursed, when one traveller dies and another disappears; but he probably didn't see his own death coming.
Unfortunately, I did not get on with this book.
I've tried a few times over the last month, but I just can't get into the writing style.
I felt like I was being talked at by a variety of characters who shared every inconsequential detail of their lives.
Having the captain spend a couple of pages musing over the different sorts of knots he used in his life, did nothing to add to the story or world-building.
I did not find the writing style engaging, and all of the characters blurred into one interminable episode of telling.
There are deaths and disappearances within the first few pages of the book, it should have been a gripping start, but I was merely bored.