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A review by candacesiegle_greedyreader
A Banquet of Consequences by Elizabeth George
4.0
One of the things I love about Elizabeth George is that her novels contain no tricks, or amazing connections that would never be made with out extraordinary technological enhancements. Detective Nkata says that this crime will be solved with words and nothing more or less.
George spends a lot of time setting the scene and introducing her characters. We get to know them. It's very involving, so that's good. People do stupid things. They make mistakes.They're envious. It is all very believable.
What's also believable is that. this is a very hard crime to solve, and that it actually might not be solved. This will keep you going until the last page.
So why four stars? It's the cop story, Barbara Havers being tortured by the new DSI into wearing more acceptable clothes and acting in a more acceptable way. As Lynley points out, she is much less effective with these strictures on her but the DS doesn't care. This makes Havers increasingly twitchy and sort of repellent. Lynley is moving ahead with his relationship with the zoo vet--a boring character--and is trying to move away from his relationship with DS Isabelle Ardery, an unpleasant character.
But I was on an Elizabeth George kick once I finished, so I reread "What Came Before He Shot Her", which is so, so good; no Havers, no Lynley, just a completely involving plot with a tragic end. I would like to see her turn back to the Campbell family and Joel in particular. There is still much to explore in Helen's murder.
George spends a lot of time setting the scene and introducing her characters. We get to know them. It's very involving, so that's good. People do stupid things. They make mistakes.They're envious. It is all very believable.
What's also believable is that. this is a very hard crime to solve, and that it actually might not be solved. This will keep you going until the last page.
So why four stars? It's the cop story, Barbara Havers being tortured by the new DSI into wearing more acceptable clothes and acting in a more acceptable way. As Lynley points out, she is much less effective with these strictures on her but the DS doesn't care. This makes Havers increasingly twitchy and sort of repellent. Lynley is moving ahead with his relationship with the zoo vet--a boring character--and is trying to move away from his relationship with DS Isabelle Ardery, an unpleasant character.
But I was on an Elizabeth George kick once I finished, so I reread "What Came Before He Shot Her", which is so, so good; no Havers, no Lynley, just a completely involving plot with a tragic end. I would like to see her turn back to the Campbell family and Joel in particular. There is still much to explore in Helen's murder.