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Title: An exercise in plot cliches
Review: I confess to having not read any earlier examples of the Kay S. series, but after this novel I am disinclined to try. The plot is so predictable it makes an epsode of the A-team look like Dickens, and the CME herself is a woeful example of author wish-fulfillment. There is no element of mystery in the entire book, except perhaps to wonder why anyone bothered to cut down the required trees. The characters frequent boozy flights of self-examination verge on humorous, other than that watch the worst TV detective show you can find.
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