The one problem I had personally is that I did not find either story hugely engaging. They each generated just the right atmosphere for their respective stories. The narration by both Allan Corduner and Samantha Bond was perfect for their respective parts and the decision to go with two narrators rather than one was extremely sound. The parallels between the murder mystery and the situation that the modern day Susan Ryeland finds herself in are done subtly and intelligently making the two stories relevant to each other without them ever becoming too similar. The way that the book is made relevant to the modern day part of the book is intelligent and well thought out in the style of classic whodunnit writers. I liked the prologue which sets the modern day scene before we descend into the author’s take on Agatha Christie in the nineteen fifties. I do like it when an author attempts to take an existing genre and try to add a new twist to freshen things up! So, having very much enjoyed his dip into the world of Sherlock Holmes with Moriarty this book by Anthony Horowitz seemed like a must-read.
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