Review: Interesting but.....
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 29, 2014
The names of the characters are meant, I believe, to be funny.  Unfortunately, with the play on names the reader often forgets who the character is.  I particularly wondered if the author has something against a certain very successful author who seems to be made fun of throughout the book.  The story itself isn't bad although a lot of the dialogue was somewhat tedious and unnecessary.  Small towns do tend to have gossipy people but this crossed the line to where I was skipping pages just so that I didn't have to read about Inspector Constable "as his most understanding/patient/urban" yet again.  Such a pity because the author does seem to have the ability to set a scene and has a lot of insight into the way small towns work.