Title: A great disappointment
Product review: What a stinker... As a great fan of the Karp/Ciampi partnership, I am horrified to admit that I read this tepid installment. The story is largely told retrospectively, with a plot point revealed then a long and tedious explanation as to how it all happened, and a good quarter of the book is taken up by rehashing ancient history. The villains are straight out of a comic book and should have had blood dripping from fangs and horns growing from their heads to complete the picture. The dialogue is weak, the plot ludicrous (the long-suffering Lucy is lassooed in mid-cliff-plunge by a cowboy!!) and on a completely different note, the sub-editor should be shot - a murder of cows????? Please - that's the sloppiest typo I've seen in years. The whole mess reads like it was constructed from old bits of paper swept up by Tanenbaum's housekeeper from under his desk. Kill 'em all off, please!
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