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Title: I've read it but still don't know who the killer(s) is/are
Review: Perry does her usual fine job with this Pitt mystery, but it is the worst example of the one flaw I have found in every Perry Pitt and Monk mystery.That flaw: that although she solves the mystery in the last pages, she also always leaves all kinds of secondary story threads hanging. I always want to know more about the characters, about what happens after the killer has been caught. Agatha Christie, in fewer pages, provides just as much detail about the characters but still manages to tie up all the story threads.The ending of Ashworth Hall, however, has an even more serious flaw (no spoiler here): it is not at all clear who the murderer(s) is/are. I've read the last few pages several times and I am still not sure who did what to whom. It is frustrating in the extreme.
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