This was a fun, modern mystery novel written in a very tricky, clever way. Mystery/detective novels seem like a unique genre to me – they have rules that shouldn’t be broken, they should be fair with information and they should give you a story that you haven’t heard before.
This book completely demolishes the “Fourth Wall” and the protagonist of the story speaks directly to you, explaining the decisions that he has made in telling this story and I thought it was a creative approach to the genre.
I might say that the story was overly complex – but these days I think it would be hard to tell a compelling mystery simply. Despite the complexity I never felt like the writer was being unfair, just that some pretty far out situations had to happen to make the story work, both in the present and in the past.
So, a well-written, creative story that reads perfectly on an e-book. I’d recommend this one to anybody interested in classical murder mysteries – they’ve come a long way!
Next I am reading The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce. Why are so many book titles these days including character names, I wonder…
