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Title: Atmospheric but Limited
Review: The idea of writing a series of books built around the not-so-bumbling Inspector Lestrade is somewhat clever, but MJ Trow never quite figures out how to built a mystery. There is almost no way we could ever guess the identity of the murderer as the book is full of red herrings. The atmosphere of Victorian England is recreated nicely but almost none of the characters come to life and ther are too many famous people romaing around to give the book any focus.There's just barely enough here to make me perhaps try another in the series on a lazy sumer day, but not for a while.
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