A review by jlmb
A Fearsome Doubt by Charles Todd

2.0

Eh, this was my least favorite in the series so far. I'm all for a slow-paced mystery that isn't gory but this is a bit TOO slow-paced. And the method of killing, a mellow overdose of laudanum in wine, is not very ominous or threatening. Oooh! He fell asleep and never woke up! Help! And while when I started reading this series, I was glad the author didn't delve much into the inspector's personal life, at this point I would care for at least a bit of development on that front. He's like a robot - a lonely robot. And every single mystery so far has taken place outside of London, even though he lives and works there. Is that normal? You'd think he'd be working on at least one local case. I'm going to read the next in the series since I already checked it out from the library, but I think I will take a break from the series after that.