Reviews and Comments

I’m glad the series has continued, but I didn’t like this book compared to the previous entries. It didn’t make a lot of sense. I couldn’t suspend disbelief where Horowitz was a murder suspect, yet it was fine to go around talking to involved parties and visiting the scene of the crime? Would that actually be allowed? Or more importantly, is it actually a good idea from a deniability perspective??

We found out more about Hawthorne, but even that felt a little cheap. Why did Horowitz leap to asking if he was born in Reeth?

Anyway, entertaining plot but also a bit disappointing. Roll on book 5 📖

Another good addition to the Hawthorne series. I devoured the first 2 books when I discovered them a few years back, it was a welcome surprise to discover two more books in the series and I hoped they'd be just as entertaining. I wasn't disappointed!

I like Hawthorne as a character, though I don't really understand why he keeps himself such of a secret. It's also interesting to get a window inside the life of being an author, though it's difficult to know which bits are real and which bits are fake.

The story was good though I felt the finale for Derek Abbot was a bit underwhelming, all things considered. I had feared the snuggery had a much more sinister purpose and I'm sort of glad I was wrong, though it might have made more sense.

An enjoyable read, I'll be moving onto book 4 in the series next.