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Title: Births, Deaths, and Marriages
Review: In the UK this book was published as Births, Deaths and Marriages, a title I happen to like better than the rather bland "A Death in the Family". The American title seems to place too much emphasis on the murder, whereas the British title suggests that it is the overall situation that should be examined.I have to agree that this is not the book for the rank newcomer to the Hill/Lloyd saga but for those of us who have been following the ups and downs of DCI Hill and Lloyd and Their bedeviled police force, this is a good read.While the mystery is not all that impenetrable, the characters are well drawn-- I always find myself jolted by the realization that the British aren't Americans with funny accents-- and the plot, while ultimately relying on concidence, turns on the issues raised by the above mentioned births, deaths and marriages.Easy to pick up, hard to put down.
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