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Title: Overrated and bland
Review: This book's success in sales beguiles the fact that it is banal, poorly written, and horribly edited. The interesting plot premise of the adventures a woman detective in a patriarchal society has been developed into a boring story with cliched characters engaged in underwhelming activities. The stilted and choppy writing style could be an attempt to reflect the relative simplicity of life in Botswana, but it is tedious and patronizing. Obvious mistakes were rife in the paperback version (which, by now, should have been corrected from earlier editions). For example, a principal character, described early in the book as a consummate bachelor, has a dead wife mentioned later in the book. Surely better mysteries are out there?
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