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A review by hcq
The Last Detective by Peter Lovesey
2.0
It was all right; nothing out of the ordinary. The plot wasn't bad, wasn't great; ditto the characters. I like Bath as a setting, because it is a handsome city, but I'm not sure that's enough for me to continue the series. I don't especially care what happens next to the main character, which is not a good sign.
Really, the most memorable thing about this book was a jaw-dropping typo. There were some understandable minor ones, (though getting one of the main character's name wrong is bad), but the amazing one was a chapter header. Yes, there was an error in a single line of display type, on a page: "The Men in White Goats." At first I just thought it was an amusing phrase, but it was less amusing when I realized that it was supposed to read "The Men in White Coats," a particular target of the main character's ire (and one which gets a couple of mentions). Whoops!
And, of course, Lovesey did include what I'm beginning to think is the obligatory British lie about summer actually being hot in England--right out of the gate, too, on p.4. Sigh. Is there some law requiring this, perhaps? Does the UK Tourism Board, or whatever it is, really have that much power?
Really, the most memorable thing about this book was a jaw-dropping typo. There were some understandable minor ones, (though getting one of the main character's name wrong is bad), but the amazing one was a chapter header. Yes, there was an error in a single line of display type, on a page: "The Men in White Goats." At first I just thought it was an amusing phrase, but it was less amusing when I realized that it was supposed to read "The Men in White Coats," a particular target of the main character's ire (and one which gets a couple of mentions). Whoops!
And, of course, Lovesey did include what I'm beginning to think is the obligatory British lie about summer actually being hot in England--right out of the gate, too, on p.4. Sigh. Is there some law requiring this, perhaps? Does the UK Tourism Board, or whatever it is, really have that much power?