Title: Nonsensical Pieces Dropped like Confetti
Product review: Oy vey! This is my first--and last--Martha Grimes. No respect for forensics. Tedious characters (the Scotland Yard guy hires an illiterate numbskull with illegible handwriting for his sectretary!). A whole chapter on arcane antiques that does nothing for what bits and flotsam of plot there may be.And that's the main trouble with this book. Instead of a straight forward telling of a story, we have tiny bread crumbs of story scattered all over the place. Key information for solving the crime (was the victim killed where she was found or elsewhere?) is withheld and amiable chitchat substituted. What's worse, if you soldier thru to the end (I didn't; my husband told me the ending), the method of the first murder is truly impossible.UGH!
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