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When The Devil Drives (2012)

by Christopher Brookmyre(Favorite Author)

3.86 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1408703416 (ISBN13: 9781408703410)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Little, Brown Book Group

series

Sharp Investigations

review 1: In book two of the series Catherine and Jasmine once again find themselves working on the same case - unbeknownst to one another - from different directions. Catherine gains a measure of respect for Jasmine's blossoming detective skills, tempered by resentment of her meddling in police business. The mysterious ex-mobster Glen Fallan also plays a central role in all of these books, but we still don't know all we need to know about him. You might want to have a map of Glasgow and surrounding area at hand while reading these books. A dictionary of Glaswegian jargon wouldn't hurt, either.
review 2: Too long, too much whining. Too implausible. Very annoying. I especially found the "patron of the arts" notorious drug dealer's judgmental diatribe on the Thachter a... moredministration a bit hard to take. He's scandalized about "high unemployment" when he's made his living selling drugs. But let's hear it for him, he never sold LSD. Wow, a drug dealer with a heart. But he wasn't the only reason for two stars. The characters came off as being very pretentious. It was hard to drum up empathy for any of them. And I definitely did not believe for one minute that this amateur private detective found it so easy to interview all these "upper class" members of the theatre world. She just breezed in and they all talked. Yeah. Of course, let's not forget her "associate" Fallan. Another "believable" part of the story. I didn't read the first book. Looks like I won't. I have to confess that by page 250 I gave up on this book and skimmed to the end. It was filled with too much narrative that you think you have to read because you'll miss something important. After weeding out the unnecessary, the book could have been 75 pages. less

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