Five Roundabouts to Heaven (Classic Crime)

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Summary: Moody and Sensual Mystery
Review: It's a real shame that this book is out of print. John Bingham was a classic mystery writer from the early 50s in the UK and he belongs in the ranks of the best of breed. Five Roundabouts is his second novel.

The book has much of the dark moodiness and imperfect characters that you'd find in a book by someone like Patricia Highsmith. You won't find the stock sympathetic characters here. Roundabout's characters commit adultery, lie to each other, mock their friends, and contemplate murder. The reader looking for someone to cheer for will be rather hard put in this instance.

Definitely not typical escapist detective fiction, and all the better for it, IMO.

Rating:
Summary: Amazon looses its way.
Review: The Amazon synopsis was written by someone who hasn't read the book, or fared poorly on the SAT reading comprehension test.