Taggart: Nest of Vipers

by Peter Cave

1st Mainstream 1993 trade edition paperback, fineas new In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

At various times, British author Peter Cave has been a reporter and an newspaper editor and a magazine editor. He is best known in literary circles for the number of novelizations he has done for television shows.

Reviews

[Rob Cook · Rating 4 out of 5]

A decent adaptation of the TV episode of the same name. Would naturally benefit from being longer and a bit more fleshed out but had me gripped throughout.

[Rob Smith, Jr. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Standard mystery with standard characters is OK for mild reading.

Taggart is a rather bland character and this along the same lines. The book is quick to read and the bad guy is not clear until later in the book. Sadly, there is no sudden revelation or unique detective trick. Seems to me a decent investigation, based upon evidence, would have discovered the bad guy from the start. Instead the writer uses poor investigative skills of an entire staff to write a series of deaths. Even a lousy investigator would've pointed out to all to be extremely careful of the killing elements. Thus, a frustrating reading experiences.

The writing is other wise good involving dialogue, characters and settings.

Bottom line: I don't recommend this book. 4 out of ten points.

[Deanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

One of the best crime series on the telly was Taggart, set in Glascow and with Mark McMannus a granite faced copper. Used to look forward to 9pm and the music which meant an hour of bloody murders and thick Scottish accents, still watch the programme.