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Title: The tea gets weaker
Review: I have read all the Mary Russell novels and found the first to be a revelation that I recommended to friends. However, I am reminded of a comment I once encountered about the Alexander Dumas novels that followed The Three Musketeers. It was that they were like sucessive cups of tea made from one tea bag - flavorful but weaker and weaker. This one is getting pretty weak. Frankly this novel's introspective turn does it no favors. The balance between characterization and action is off and the exploration of character is just not very interesting. If you want to see this balance handled better in this genre, check the new Maisie Dobbs novels of Jaquline Winspear. If this is the first Mary Rusell novel you have encountered, go to The Beekeepers Apprentice, the first - still a good read !
