Some of my favorite stories to read are Agatha Christie whodunnits. There's nothing better than a well thought out, well-formed, compelling, well-thought-out mystery. Every now and then I'll put down the books or the work and I'll go get a copy of the ABC Murders, or Murder on the Mews, or Death on the Nile. I've read most of her stories, so most all the time nowadays I'm re-reading instead of reading.
I was hoping for a story like that from Laura Giebfried's The Marlowe Murders (Alexandra Durant mystery Book 1). I was not pleasantly surprised.
I found the pacing off, and the story disjoint and not fun to read. It was tough to care about what was going on and the characters seemed forced. I really wanted to like this book and there were undertones of writing that I hoped would pan out. Sadly, it didn't pan out. There were just enough oddly written phrases and too complex descriptions of setting and characters that I gave up halfway through.
I'm sorry it wasn't a tad more tightly written because I feel like Laura could have had a remarkably good story. Sadly, it just wasn't this one this time.
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