Cast a Cold Eye

Gil Mayo Mystery #1

by Marjorie Eccles

Detective Inspector Gil Mayo investigates the murder of Clive Lethbridge, an architect who had many enemies

Genres: Mystery, British Literature, Fiction

183 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Aka Judith Bordill, Jennifer Hyde

Marjorie Eccles has written several romantic and crime novels, which have been published both in the UK and in the US. Many of her book shave been translated and serialised around the world. She has one grown up son and now lives in Hertfordshire

Reviews

[Amber Lockey · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m giving this three stars because I’m not going to finish this book. I started it because I like the British show and the book fell far short of all the things I liked about the show. I feel like it isn’t really worth my time to finish. It isn’t terrible and I don’t hate it, it’s just incredibly slow moving, little character development, and boring. It’s supposed to be a mystery and at the halfway point, I don’t even care who the murderer is, nor am I invested in any of the characters.

[Richard · Rating 1 out of 5]

The first Gil Mayo and mightily disappointing. None of the clever humor of the BBC series. Plodding and dull all the way.

[Jean Walton · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little dated now but still took me a while to guess the perpetrator.

[Sue · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well written, but not for me

[Les · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty much a standard British mystery. None of characters really leap out at you.

[Herzog · Rating 2 out of 5]

While the book was workmanlike, i certainly didn't find it gripping. The characters were only marginally interesting and the plot meandered.

[Bonita · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had trouble getting into this book and so had trouble following characters and understanding the ending. I did like the main character and will try again.

[Lori · Rating 3 out of 5]

interesting story