Kate Brannigan is a private detective, brisk, no nonsense, lots of get-up-and-go and a quirky use of language. The hunt for art thieves - who break into stately, but not TOO stately mansions, for just the one floggable art treasure - leads her across Europe, as if a parallel case didn't take up all her time. Not top-drawer but amusing and readable, lots of pertinent remarks on human peculiarities.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 59 Winter 2011 ) |
