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Stratton's War (2008)

by Laura Wilson(Favorite Author)

3.43 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0752876244 (ISBN13: 9780752876245)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Orion

series

DI Ted Stratton

review 1: Very disappointed in this book. It was 200 pages too long. I thought from the awards it received and the synopsis of the book that it would be a great read. Way too detailed about things that had no bearing on the case. The ending left u guessing and never wrapped the mystery up. Diana's affair is pathetic and her reappearing husband is not relevant to anything. Stratton is happily married, but author yoyo's back and forth on that relationship for no reason. As this murder combined a local police department with an MI5 secret operation, the reader is suppose to believe (I guess) that one is on a need to know basis, hence, the wrapping up of everything at the end is not necessary? I feel as tho I wasted many hours reading this book in the hopes that it would get be... moretter with every passing page. It didn't.
review 2: I started this book because of the time and place (London in the second world war), hoping for a cozy detective read, and this is indeed how it started out. But then MI5 entered the plot and for me the whole story became convoluted and plodding, not to say confusing. It seemed the author could not decide between a cozy and a spy novel, and in this case the two did not mix well. I did like the protagonist and his relationship with his wife, Jenny. They were a close, demonstrative couple - rare in a novel in this time in history. On the strength of that I would read another book in the series. I think Inspector Stratton deserves a second chance. less

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