Gundrada’s Reviews > The Sussex Murders > Status Update

So many asides. I think the author really loves these characters and is more focused on their study than the murder mystery. It's quite endearing, but also quite dull.

I just read a whole chapter about rock making. Where is the blimming murder? There's a good idea behind this series and I hope the author enjoys traveling around the counties, looking for inspiration (everyone has to make a living and it's probably a jolly nice way to do it), but I wish he'd woven the murder mystery in with the travel, because it currently feels entirely tangential to it.

A brief glimpse of the murder mystery in the short first chapter and then endless set-up. We didn't reach Sussex until chapter 9. No sniff of murder or adventure yet.