Review: An unusual, rather slow, but pleasant mystery novel
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 21, 2013
This is a rather unusual mystery novel. There is only one single corpse in the entire story, and this is found on the grounds of a convent. The story is not fast paced, there is not a lot of suspense, action or twists and turns and there is no violence or sex. But it is well written, with a rich vocabulary that made me activate the built-in dictionary in the Kindle more than once. The police work done by the detectives Rafferty and Llewellyn seems realistic, problably far more so than in many other detective novels, and there is a touch of dry British humour throughout the story. The life of the nuns in the convent seems plausibly described, even if that, of course, is a bit tricky to assess.There is a parallell story within the story, Rafferty is receiving blackmail letters because of something that happened half a year earlier. I did't really find that this added anything to the story, but perhaps if your read all the books in the series (this was my first) the blackmail story makes more sense?All in all a well written mystery novel but not recommended for those who prefer a lot of fast paced action.