Assassins: A British Mystery Series Set in 1920s London by Jim EldridgeMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
A promising start to a police procedural set in post-WWI London peters down to a rather predictable end. It is quite unfortunate since I liked the mix of real-life and fictional characters. Also the team of Detective Chief Inspector Paul Stark and his sergeant, Robert Danvers – coming as they are from two different strata of a very class-conscious British society – is rather engaging. However, nowhere did the narrative really make me feel the tension of murders being committed at a delicate point of British history- the privation after the war, the Irish question, the looming threat of Bolsheivism – the author throws everything in the cauldron but nothing gives the book that extra edge. The romantic sub-plot seems forced too. That said, I’d like to read the second in the series before giving up on the series.
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Opening Lines: London, October 1921
Winston Churchill, Secretary of State for the Colonies, glowered at the tall, thin police detective standing before him. ‘Are you suggesting that my actions have interfered with a criminal investigation?’ he demanded menacingly.
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Thanks, as ever, for your candor, Neeru. I think that's the thing about even a promising novel. If the tension and engagement don't carry through, it's hard to stay absorbed in the book.
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it is sad Margot because the beginning of the book held a lot of promise.
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