Mad Hatter's Holiday

Rating:
Summary: Murder in Brighton Beach in 1882
Review: Lovesey is a wonderful author. This book starts out slow, but the first 1/3 is the best description of holidaying in Brighton in the latter part of the 19th century that I've ever read. Then when Cribb and Thackery are called in to solve a grisly murder, the book becomes a cracking whodunit. The story is complex and has a surprising ending. At first I didn't understand the meaning of the title, but that too becomes clear when it is determined who the initial murderer is. Cribb is wonderful in this book. The more that I read this series, the more I wish there were more books than the seven that were written in this particular series. Mr. Lovesey could teach classes on writing tight plots, and ingenious mysteries. He also achieves a real sense of time and place that you don't often see, especially in murder mysteries.

Rating:
Summary: Murder in Brighton Beach in 1882
Review: Lovesey is a wonderful author. This book starts out slow, but the first 1/3 is the best description of holidaying in Brighton in the latter part of the 19th century that I've ever read. Then when Cribb and Thackery are called in to solve a grisly murder, the book becomes a cracking whodunit. The story is complex and has a surprising ending. At first I didn't understand the meaning of the title, but that too becomes clear when it is determined who the initial murderer is. Cribb is wonderful in this book. The more that I read this series, the more I wish there were more books than the seven that were written in this particular series. Mr. Lovesey could teach classes on writing tight plots, and ingenious mysteries. He also achieves a real sense of time and place that you don't often see, especially in murder mysteries.