The Circle

by Peter Lovesey

ONE LINE SUMMARY: Bob, a widower with a teenaged daughter, joins a writers’ circle and immediately gets caught up in a murder investigation.

I must have heard about this book from some glowing book review, and I wish I still had the review to compare with my experience reading this book, because the book was not at all what I expected.

There are some amusing bits, but almost all of the book takes place through dialogue. I would have liked hearing more about Bob and his daughter, and this book was almost a bit too fast-paced. I also found it unbelievable that a newcomer like Bob would have been caught up so quickly in all the murders. I still enjoyed the book, but it didn’t impress me enough to bother tracking down other books by the same author.

Posted by: ssjane | December 30, 2005 | 2:23 pm
Posted in: Books | Mystery/Thriller