Review: Good mystery, poor  romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 14, 2012
It's a good mystery, reminiscent of Agatha Christie's Poirot books, with the clues, conversations and the big scene at the end with everyone is in the same room and the villain revealed. I liked the detective, Alec and the description of Georgian London, characters and period details.The book starts at a party, almost boring, until a guest collapses and dies. Murdered ? Poisoned ? And if so, was he the intended victim and why ?My only caveat is that I expected some romantic sub-plot. There is none. Or at least, not in the traditional sense. Alec does not fall in love, is in a relationship but she is, at best, a secondary character and does not interact with Alec all that much. There's a lack of passion and focus on the relationship that I look forward to in Romance. As the book is advertised as a crimance I was disappointed that this part of the plot is missing.