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UNEXPECTED GEM

Reviewed in Australia on 24 January 2020

I had stereotyped J K Rowling as being the author of the Harry Potter series, all of which I enjoyed immensely. Harry Potter is a genre universes removed from the crime/private investigator genre. The Cuckoo's Calling is amazingly well written, in my humble opinion; loved the characterisations and the twist in the tale at the end - never would have guessed it. Now working my way through Book 3, having devoured Book 2.

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Not a book I would recommend

Reviewed in Australia on 10 June 2020

This may be a new project but it is not to my taste. The language very is crude at times and frankly unnecessary. It was a reasonable plot set in an immoral industry. Frequent writing of swear words in a book does not make it an adult book or a clever writer. If this is an accurate depiction of the current British culture I am glad I left England 50 years ago. Would do better to study the writings of Agatha Christie and Patricia Wentworth or stick to the excellent Harry Potter type book. If the purpose of the novel is to highlight the stupidity of hero worship of popular idols then there is some positives about the book, Not a book I would recommend to waste money buying.

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Good door stop.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 March 2020

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Far too ponderous, filled with completely irrelevant detail. Needs a really severe editing. The plot is slow and tedious.

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derick

Far too many unnecessary profanities

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 August 2020

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Was looking forward to reading the complete series given the fame of the author. Initially found reading hard going with over lengthy sentences. Began to enjoy the book but totally put off by unnecessary use of profanities with some pages having 10 or more. A decent storyline but spoilt with both language and too many characters. Gave up three quarters of the way through. Very disappointed.

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Barry

constant obscenities became tedious

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 November 2021

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constant obscenities became tedious, too tedious to wade through. Why are they necessary?

Hazel D.

This book was described as good condition,,,it certainly is not

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 November 2020

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Bad water damage ,some of the pages were actually stuck together ,and it’s written on through the book

Mrs Marylyn J. Johnston

Not for me.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 March 2019

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I did not finish this book. I disliked the bad language and found no pleasure in reading it.

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Carmel 14

A waste of paper

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 September 2020

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I somehow managed to reach page 149 before accepting defeat with this book. Utter rubbish, you would think it was written by a 16 year old.

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Mrs Lyn Fromant

Difficult to read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 February 2020

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Long drawn out sentences. Poor descriptions. Slow and awkward. Did not grab my attention in any way at all. Really did not enjoy.

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Do t bother

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 February 2021

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Had to give up on it, just to slow and not what I expected..
A hard read

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Storyline too long winded

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 February 2020

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Story went nowherr

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Far too long

Reviewed in Germany on 17 April 2021

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The ending is spectacular. However, until you get there you need buckets full of patience. Strike's interviews with the various people involved drag on interminably. The reader is not given any clues that might allow him to make his own hypotheses. After 60 % (or so, on Kindle) there is still not even a hint of a suspect. In the last 10 % the story suddenly explodes. All in all it feels like a car drive where you set out expectantly, become stuck in a traffic jam and only on the last few kilometres can accelerate again. Cut it by 200 pages, mix up the boring succession of interviews and it might have been a good read.

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