Review: glimpses of an interesting read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 14, 2013
From the premise of mystery and murder regarding a museum with Egyptian artifacts, I really expected to enjoy this book.  I haven't read any others by this author, and am debating about trying one more as another reviewer noted that this was not his best.  I found the writing to be very choppy, with lots of exclamation marks and notes about what the character would soon experience, rather than just letting the story flow.  There was also a lot of beating the reader over the head regarding flaws of certain characters. Most mysteries rely on some degree of suspension of belief, but this one had several bridges too far for me, along with, to me, a very unsatisfying ending.  Most mysteries don't make you care about the victims, just the detective and supporting characters; but this one makes it seem that the victims don't even matter, nor did I get invested in any other characters.  There were some copy editing problems regarding spelling and grammar, but not as much as most ebooks I've read.  As noted above, I may try another book by this author, but with misgivings.