Review:This story was very predictable. The characters were one dimensional. The author described almost everyone as tall, thin with either blue or brown eyes. Sentence structure was repetitive. The only reason I finished this book was because I was out of town and nothing else to read. Read more

Review:This book is a little different from the previous Jack Stratton books. Jack and Alice are working apart from each other, though still working the same cases. But some different characteristics about Jack are revealed in this book that hadn't been in previous books, such as his suffering from PTSD. The author mentioned (in an email to me after I commented on it) that he did bring this out more in this book. I also found Jack capable of doing things not found in the other books as well. The book ... Read more

Review:THE STORYLINE IS INTERESTING, AND SOMEWHAT UNIQUE. THE CAST ADDS TO THE OVERALL TALE AND I THOUGHT THE COMMENTS RE THE "YAKUZA" AND THE CHARACTER OF KIKU HELPED A LOT.

I WILL ASSUME THERE WILL BE MORE STORIES AS IT SEEMS JACK AND REPLACEMENT WILL INEVITABLY "GET TOGETHER".

I ALSO FEEL THAT THAT LADY'S INTRODUCTION WAS A VALUABLE ADDITION BUT THERE SEEMED TO B E A DEFINITE SIMILARITY TO ANOTHER DOG NAMED "GNARLY". Read more

Review:Karen knew Sophie had been in some kind of trouble, but Sophie did not remember what had happened the night she went out with her friend Amy. And where was Amy? An excellent story and I could not put it down until I had read it to the end! Read more

Review:I thoroughly enjoyed the second installment of the DS Manon series. Manon is a delightful mess, as always, and I can't help loving her supreme *humanness.* The mystery in *Persons Unknown* is more immediate than the one in *Missing, Presumed,* and I enjoyed it more because of that. Manon and Davy are both back (yay!) along with a new perspective character, Birdie (who is fantastic and hilarious). This is a steadily paced mystery - it's not urgent, but it definitely kept me turning the pages. I h... Read more

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Review:I believed Elizabeth George's books are lengthy because she spends time in developing her characters. The last one I read was more than 800 pages paperback. I must admit first, I abandoned reading this book after 286 pages, about half way. The setting is a village in Lancashire. There are too many characters, the first one Brendan and his brothers make a rare appearance in the next 200 pages. EG describes every tiny movement and every detail in the setting that not only bored me but was also fou... Read more

Review:I love Elizabeth George and always look forward to her next book; however "What Came Before He Shot Her" was a great disappointment. Interest story line and glimpses of life in the stums of London, but the combination of lower class British usage/gang slang/black dialogue made the book hard to read. But, the ending did answer the who and why questions of the on-going Inspector Lynly series. Read more

Review:If cricket is in the background of this novel, other games are developing under the reader’s eyes.

Some—not all—of the suspects here look more like victims than villains. The victim himself, a beloved cricket champion, was more stable with his bat than with women or his all too often neglected children. His attempt at regulating his life will ironically lead to tragedy.

Built like a complex jigsaw puzzle where tortured characters seem to further disassemble the pieces, Playing f... Read more

Review:This is my first Elizabeth George murder mystery and though it dates from 1989, it reads very here and now. She does an excellent job creating unique characters, each with a special quirk or two. The story has lots of twists without getting overly confusing and she didn't try and tie everything up in a perfect bow at the end. One still feels satisfied, however, with the conclusion. Read more