After the superb Inspector Lynley series, those who have waited impatiently for the next EG might be put off by the unprepossessing title, not even good English. It is of course an author's - laudable - prerogative to engage in a complete 'turn-around': underprivileged, mixed-race social outcasts instead of wealthy detective-aristocrats, but in my view this is forced, unpleasant, disappointing and probably unintelligible to people new to her work. Would love to read other opinions.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 38 February 2007 ) |
