3 stars

This book is a slow moving police procedural. The two main protagonists are two men who are suspicious of one another and who really don’t like each other. This made reading it rather tedious for me. When I read a detective novel, I prefer action.

I did respect Juge Lombard’s wide range of knowledge. I’ve always gotten a kick out of people who can rattle off obscure facts. I didn’t like the tension between him and his Commissaire partner.

The method of murder was unusual, but perhaps a little overdone. (I suspect the perpetrator wanted to get his point across?)

I do appreciate Mr. Moore’s talent for writing a good story. His premise is original and the characters, while I didn’t particularly like them, were well fleshed out and I can believe that their actions were true to life. Perhaps this just wasn’t the book for me.

I want to thank NetGalley and Duckworth Books for forwarding to me a copy of this book so that I may read, enjoy and review it. The opinions included in this review are solely my own.