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A review by krisrid
Buckingham Palace Gardens by Anne Perry
1.0
I am a huge Anne Perry fan, so it pains me to give one of her books only one star, but this particular outing was stuffed full of irrelevant detail that had nothing to do with the murder, and made it hard slogging to get through the book.
The premise was excellent - a murdered prostitute turning up in a linen closet at Buckingham Palace after the Prince of Wales and several of his houseguests partook of "services" from the murdered women and a couple of her compatriots.
Naturally Inspector Pitt is summoned, this clearly being a special branch situation.
If Perry had stuck to relating it to the investigation of the murder I wouldn't have minded the large sections about the politics of the Prince and the men (who were guests at the Palace with their wives) trying to build a railway in Africa. However, she also put in lengthy sections about the dysfunctional marriages of all the men, all of whom were suspects in the murder.
By halfway through, this book felt more like an episode of the Dr. Phil show, than an Anne Perry murder mystery. I was disappointed in this outing by Inspector Pitt. Hoping Perry gets back to focusing on the murder next time and leaves out the self-help stuff!
The premise was excellent - a murdered prostitute turning up in a linen closet at Buckingham Palace after the Prince of Wales and several of his houseguests partook of "services" from the murdered women and a couple of her compatriots.
Naturally Inspector Pitt is summoned, this clearly being a special branch situation.
If Perry had stuck to relating it to the investigation of the murder I wouldn't have minded the large sections about the politics of the Prince and the men (who were guests at the Palace with their wives) trying to build a railway in Africa. However, she also put in lengthy sections about the dysfunctional marriages of all the men, all of whom were suspects in the murder.
By halfway through, this book felt more like an episode of the Dr. Phil show, than an Anne Perry murder mystery. I was disappointed in this outing by Inspector Pitt. Hoping Perry gets back to focusing on the murder next time and leaves out the self-help stuff!