Title: A cluttered and disappointing mystery.
Product review: Despite having won the Edgar Award, "Penance" left me disappointed. Holland Taylor, a Private Investigator who was formerly a homicide detective in Minnesota, starts off as an interesting character and the plot seems to hold promise. However, as the book proceeds, Taylor rapidly becomes less sympathetic, and his facile observations on life become grating. Morever, the plot twists are generally uninteresting, with the story ending in a whimper rather than a bang.Perhaps there's better work down the road for David Housewright, but I found this to be an unimpressive start
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