Review: A competent but not enthralling novel
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 5, 2013
British detective novels are one of my favourite genres, and I downloaded this novel with great hopes. I can't say it was badly written or dull, but it did not leave me desperately wanting to download the next one in the series. I found it difficult to get a sense of Blake Hartley as a character, and he did not develop in me a sense of empathy or even curiosity.The actual mystery was well thought out, but at times I felt there was some stereotyping of characters and even behaviour by the key characters.At times, the plot moved rather slowly, and overall I felt the novel needed some judicious editing.