I've recently reviewed this novel for a UK retailer.
The novel is based on a small, peaceful Greek island and revolves around Oliver Fox, who steals the identity of an eminent lecturer, Dr Norman Winston, and this starts a chain of events which will bring the lives of those in the novel together until Fox, Winston and their fellow islanders are thrown together in the strangest of circumstances.
I have to say I was disappointed with the novel. The story moved very quickly, which normally I wouldn't mind and would quite enjoy. However in this novel I didn't really think it worked and the main reason for that was the characters. I didn't find them very engaging and felt they all lacked something to make them interesting. I think the aim was to make people mysterious but for me this didn't work. Because of that, I found the rest of the novel quite laborious.
I was also really disappointed with the ending. Just as you think its all coming together, there's a twist, but I didn't think this twist worked and left far far too many questions at the end of the novel. I don't mind a few, but I do like to come away feeling I have got something from the novel and in this case I didn't.
I think Frayne had good intentions, and I'm sure others will get some humour from it and enjoy something. The setting was good and ironically the bits I liked the best was the driving across the island with the taxi drivers. However, that was all for me and I'm afraid this wasn't a novel I enjoyed or would read again.