Cristina’s Comments (group member since Nov 06, 2024)

Cristina’s comments from the Reading the Detectives group.

Frances wrote: "This was a disappointment for me, but I think I just don't click with/get AB. Many of you have touched on the key issues for me-someone disappears for days and you don't call the police? Lady Susan..."

For me Lady Susan is just old, wealthy, and therefore can afford to be eccentric. You can be very nice to one person and harass another one.
The murder-by-branch was something out of a bad episode of a show, but I enjoyed the way it was written, it made for a fun, easy evening read.

I really enjoyed the setting for the series, makes me want to read David Fisher's book about Jasper Maskelyne.
I found it humorous that most of the detective work and problem solving was done by the secondary characters, but hopefully that will not be repeated in the following books as it will make me wonder why Edgar and Max are important for the story.

Frances wrote: "As mentioned on the other thread, I really enjoyed this one-not much to comment on in the plot-I liked the fact that most of it was more traditional mystery short stories and the espionage aspect o..."

I also find it annoying how every story centers around impersonating a famous detective. It gets repetitive after the first chapters.