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Juste Une Mauvaise Action (2014)

by Elizabeth George(Favorite Author)

3.59 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Presses de la Cité

series

Inspector Lynley

review 1: Grrr... I was frustrated in the previous book, Believing the Lie, because of Deborah's goofy behaviour, but I thought, "Who am I to guess the way a woman would behave when wholly consumed by her inability to have a successful pregnancy?" But THIS book just got crazy with Barbara's ridiculous running about. Surely she could still have helped Azhar while working within the confines of her position? I just don't buy that she would pull the stupid stunts she did, no matter how often EG justified it by telling us that Barbara believes she's acting the way Lynley would (he would never let a friend down!). So this is two books in a row where the characters are being goofy, and it's getting annoying. The twist at the end of this one was too cutesy. I'm all for character developmen... moret and transformation, but I really hope that with the next book we get back into Lynley and Barbara being partners and working together on a solid mystery. And please get rid of Dairdre.
review 2: I have loved the earlier Lynley books, but the last few have been less than compelling for me. I had a lot of problems with this one. First, I found the words in Italian interspersed throughout to be irritating (and I know Italian!). Using them just seemed pretentious to me. If they had been in a language I did not know, I would have been even more irritated. Then, the things Barbara does to help Azhar are so far from what a police sergeant from the Met should do. Not to mention that she puts other people's jobs in jeopardy. I also did not find the writing to be as good as in the earlier books. In those I really cared about these people, but now they are mostly just annoying. I hope this series can get back on track. less

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