This is a rare fail from the local bookseller!  Recommended by the same bookseller who sold me These Hollow Vows, this was described as “My boss who loves Crime Fiction said this was really good.” It is apparently the second mystery featuring the detective protagonist, but I honestly don’t care enough to go back and catch up on the first book (I don’t even care enough to go back and look up his name).  This book was not compelling enough to overcome my Aussie fiction […]