Month: July 2014

Book Review: Martha Grimes’ Vertigo 42

Book Review: Martha Grimes’ Vertigo 42

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Vertigo 42in Hardcover edition on June 3, 2014 and has 336 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo Twenty-third in the Inspector Richard Jury cozy mystery series rotating between London and Long Piddleton. Disclaimer: Somehow, even though I had written my full review, it appears that I didn’t save it. Which doesn’t make sense. Anyway, my notes turn out to be incomplete and the book has gone back to the library, so there are missing bits. I do remember, though, how disappointed I was in this installment. My Take I was disappointed. Sure the primary characters of the series are here, but it’s different. Jury — Grimes — has gotten complacent. What makes this series for me was simply missing. It was flat with only bits of fun. There was barely any Carole-Ann. His relationship with Malcolm?? Has changed with Jury getting accustomed to living as Malcom does. There’s none of the angst. There’s no Racer. It’s something of an old home week in that Grimes makes sure we visit almost everyone […]

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