2 stars

The description of this book sounded very interesting, so I ordered it. Perhaps I should have known better having had a negative experience with the last Nicolas Freeling novel I read. I thought perhaps it was a fluke, so I decided to try it again.

How sad that it happened again. Mr. Freeling’s writing style is so obtuse and wandering that I just couldn’t follow it very well. He seemed to go off on unrelated and uninteresting tangents and I just got tired of them.

I apologize that I did not care for his book. Although his writing style might interest some, it was just too much work for me. I must agree with another reviewer who said that the most interesting thing about this book was the description.

I want to thank NetGalley and Ipso Books for forwarding to me a copy of this book to read.

Because I had great difficulties in finding my way in this book, I decided to read some of the reviews of Mr. Freelings books. I choose this book from Netgalley because of the interesting desciption. For me, the only interesting thing in this book remains the description. I cannot get used to Freeling's writing, it is much too long-winded for me (says someone who loves Dickens...) and therefore I did not get a feeling for the story.
No doubt Nicolas Freeling is a wonderful author, who writes wonderful books, but sadly not for me.