![]() ![]() She’s trying to absorb as much knowledge as she can, and as the story opens, it’s clear that Acton and Doyle work well together.Ĭleeland, like any accomplished novelist, presents her two main characters as two fully realized beings living a life we are joining in progress. ![]() It’s reminiscent of Elizabeth George’s pairing of Lynley and Havers – Cleeland’s DCI, Acton, is titled, as is Lynley the DC, Doyle, is a working class (like Havers) Irish girl trying to find her way. While on one level it’s a straight up, almost typical, police procedural – a Scotland Yard DCI (that’s Detective Inspector to you) takes a young DC (that’s Detective Constable, the lowest rank) under his wing. ![]() This has one of the odder set ups I’ve ever encountered in a mystery novel. After feverishly reading this one in a day, I can absolutely see why (and I plan on reading the next two as quickly as possible). How has this terrifically inventive series slipped under the radar? This was one of our breakout books at Christmas when we could hardly order copies fast enough, and when I was recently at Malice Domestic, we sold lots of copies and one woman even told me she’d come to the conference specifically to meet Ms. ![]()
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