★★★★★ JürgenTh 12.08.2023 amazon.de

gut erhalten und ein tolles Werk.

★★★★★ R.J. Siegel 12.08.2023 amazon.de

This is the second Elizabeth George book I have read. [A GREAT DELIVERENCE was the first, fortunately.] Had I read this first I would not have bought any more of her books. The first third of the book is way too long. Usually, I love descriptions of characters and they, become people I get to know and like. If I look forward to "being with" the characters, I buy more of the series. Always, I try to read a series in order, letting the author build the characters. Here, I knew several characters and still had trouble following who was talking, walking, acting, etc. On more than one occasion I was forced to go back a few pages to find out who was who. I seldom put down a book unfinished and came close here. It took me a month to read it, having stopped to read several others. In the last third, the book picked up and she seemed (to me) to return to her original style and I liked the plot. It explained a great deal more about the characters and I have ordered two more of the series to be fair. However, I still think this could have just as well been a short story!