Shallow Grave

by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

ONE LINE SUMMARY: Bill Slider investigates the murder of a woman who had multiple affairs and multiple possible murderers.

I was about 80 pages into this book when I realized two things:

1. I was much more interested in the mystery plot than I had ever been in a Bill Slider book; and,

2. In 80 pages, no mention had yet been made of Bill’s personal life.

These realizations came as a surprise to me, because I’d thought I enjoyed the personal details about Bill’s life a lot. And while I still enjoy them, I think that not mentioning the personal stuff for many chapters allowed the author to develop the mystery. For once, I had no idea who the murderer was until the last few chapters.

Posted by: Supersonic Jane | February 2, 2006 | 8:20 pm
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