A Lover Too Many- Roy Lewis
A new book , a new author. Will I like the characters? Will the plot be sound? Will
the format be similar to others or something completely different? I am pleased to
say Yes, yes and yes- different. Peter’s wife has been found murdered and he was
the one to find her. He had an affair a short while beforehand and although it had
finished the police are looking at him as the main suspect. He works as a solicitor
and the partners have decided that they can’t have someone in that position
working for them so the partnership is being dissolved and Peter will have to find
work elsewhere. This is the 1960’s . No mobiles (heck what did we ever do without
them?), no DNA or CSI,  just basic sleuthing- fingerprinting is about as far as it goes
with good old common sense and a keen eye. Peter takes it on himself to try and
find out more with the help of a private detective that he used in the course of his
work. This is not the usual amateur sleuth read. There is just that something
different about it. Maybe because Peter is a suspect himself. Inspector Crow (of
which this is the first in the series) only makes key appearances towards the end
of the book, but when he does he pulls it together very well. It took me a few
chapters to get into this book but it was wonderful to slip back in time- even
though at one point when he found his house in darkness my first thought was
switch your mobile on to use as a torch- err perhaps not then! A different read
and an enjoyable one. I look forward to the next Inspector crow mystery.
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