A review by lumbermouth
Talking to the Dead by Harry Bingham

4.0

This was billed in the library description as being good for fans of Tana French and Stieg Larsson. I haven't read Larsson's stuff because it doesn't appeal but as we all know I am a huge Tana French fan, so. (APOLOGIES TO THE FOREVER-IN-PURGATORY BROKEN HARBOR.) So this is book 1 of a new series about a late-20s female detective in Wales and there are a lot of delightful things in it about everyday sexism and mental health; Fiona seems like an interesting person and I feel like there's enough interesting stuff about her to support a series okay. INTERESTING NOTE, please observe the cover design supplied by Goodreads, and then please note that the kindle edition I got from the library is a picture of an unseen woman wearing booties standing in some fall leaves. This despite the book taking place in a hot summer; I guess the LADY SHOES are there to cue you to the fact that THIS IS A LADY BOOK ABOUT A LADY. DON'T ACCIDENTALLY READ THIS MURDER MYSTERY, MEN, IT'S GOT LADY SHOES ON IT.