In most mysteries there is murder and mayhem and that's just fine - most of the time. But when the violence just comes out of nowhere I'm not down with it. You can almost hear the character crying 'where's my motivation for this' followed by the sound of me shutting the book.
I'm in the middle of Bloodland by Alan Glynn at the moment - political intrigue, mysterious deaths, c list celebs - and it has the feel of State of Play about it (the TV mini series NOT the movie) My last one before November is 1222 by Anne Holt which the publisher sent me yesterday. I'm very interested in this one because it has a Christie-esque plot device which I'm also playing around with.
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