Review: Well plotted, well written - but lacks excitement
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 9, 2013
Defense attorney Robbie Munro is a well-written character as are all the other people in the novel - albeit occasionally they tend to become caricatures. The tale is made up of multiple parallel plot elements - the murder trial of a young woman who allegedly killed her husband, Robbie's wayward brother who is being hunted by an assassin, and Robbie's landlord who slips in and out of the plot but turns it upside down with each appearance - all carried to fruition and tied up more or less neatly. However, this book is not a page-turner. It is interesting but not particularly exciting. And fire up your dictionaries unless you are well-versed in Scottish vernacular and know the meaning of kip, croft and the like.