Review: Romney and Marsh don't disappoint
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 29, 2012
I recently purchased the Kindle edition of the first two books in Oliver Tidy's, Romney and Marsh Files, Make a Killing and Rope Enough. I was ready for some Christmas crime reading. They didn't disappoint. Both books made me feel as though I was sitting down to read an episode or two of a British TV crime drama - which I love. I really enjoyed Tidy's main characters - especially Marsh - the female side of the detective pair. Romney made me want to smack him up the side of the head a couple of times - but what the heck - we don't have to like everything a character does. Both books kept me reading right to the end. I figured out a plot twist or two just pages before the author revealed what was going on - a nice feeling for the reader of a crime story.The Kindle formatting on both e-books was good - I would have liked a Table of Contents page with links to the start of each individual chapter for easier maneuverability through both books but was not overly burdened by the lack.  Make a Killing had a small handful of editing issues - missing words, a character called by the wrong name - little things that slipped through the cracks. Nothing that would have stopped me from reading but I did hope to see less of those sorts of issues in Rope Enough. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. I hope to see a smoother read when I upload the third book in the series - which I will. As I said - none of these issues made me stop reading. I wanted to know who dunnit! And I look forward to finding out how Romney and Marsh develop as characters.