Why oh why did I mentally promise to read all the books in this series? The series has such potential. Sir Thomas Lynley, Eighth Earl of Asherton juxtaposed with blue collar Barbara Havers provides tension and opportunity for demonstrating how each one's background affects how they view and interact with homicide suspects. The back story of these main characters also lends depth to each of these murder mysteries. I lost patience with the pouty Lady Helen, Lynley's true love, early on, but as she is relegated for the most part to scenes that have nothing to do with the plot I decided to tolerate her.
As to this particular installment, where do I begin? The story of miserable people in a variety of miserable situations is dragged out for more than 1000 pages. The ending was unlikely at best and illogical at worst. I did not like it.
But will I continue to read this series? Probably. Hopefully the next one will be better.
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