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A Common Place Killing (2014)

by Siân Busby(Favorite Author)

3.32 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Short Books

review 1: A classic whodunit, there is no twist who you think did it, did it. What made this book for me was the depiction of post war Britain with its shortages, rationing, queuing for basic foodstuffs to make a meal of spam and mash. The effects of the war on those returning to no jobs and suffering trauma, the women also changed by it and having to cope with returning husbands from whom they have grown apart. The austerity of post war London is so clearly evoked underlining the futility of it all.
review 2: The best thing about the book is actually its cover, which on my version depicted a woman looking anxiously over her shoulder with the backdrop of a fog-shrouded St Paul's Cathedral. That immediately wanted me to read it, and I am glad to say that the story lived u... morep to its premise, and for the most part held my attention. At under 300 pages long, it's a quick read, but I can't help but feel that characters could have been better developed if the book was longer, and consequently I might have ended up being more sympathetic towards them. Overall, though, I am glad I read it, and it's a shame that the world has lost a really good writer in Sian Busby. I feel she could have gone on to produce many more high quality novels. less

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