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alexclare's review
2.0
Liked the setting but they lost me at the mysterious madman and his secret weapon...
christopherborum's review
2.0
I had some issues with this one. For one thing, the romance aspect was committed to pretty quickly. Perhaps they did things differently in England between the wars, but Richard sure fell in love with Sylvia on a dime. It wasn't believable to me, so it didn't really work at driving the action forward.
I also found Richard's truce with DI James completely implausible. I can't imagine a Scotland Yard DI agreeing to such a thing, especially given that, post facto, it appears to have allowed another death to occur.
Finally, it would have been nice to have some information early on about the fact thatSylvia's parents had left England for Australia and she had recently returned . We needn't have known all the details, but that's what's called, in the business, a clue.
That said, the writing was good and Farjeon introduces some clever turns of phrase, allusions, and descriptions. It was OK, but frustrating; I felt it could have been better. I do have others by him that will remain on my TBR list and we'll see how they compare.
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That said, the writing was good and Farjeon introduces some clever turns of phrase, allusions, and descriptions. It was OK, but frustrating; I felt it could have been better. I do have others by him that will remain on my TBR list and we'll see how they compare.
zoer03's review
3.0
A good start and very intriguing.... but then when it got going it went downhill from there. The main character is a twerp and fool the girl is ok but still a bit mopish and the villain more like a vaudeville villain it just felt too odd also I think the writer confused himself at times. Not quite sure if this should have been reprinted
chuffwrites's review
4.0
"But man proposes and God disposes, and either through human error or fatalistic design, Diggs missed a turning."
This book has some lovely language, just humorous linguistic gymnastics that really elevated the story from a suspenseful mystery to something artful and a joy. Really great, fun writing.
This book has some lovely language, just humorous linguistic gymnastics that really elevated the story from a suspenseful mystery to something artful and a joy. Really great, fun writing.
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