Into the arboretum

39. Path of Needles – Alison Littlewood

Anyone for bird watching? Or gin? Perhaps an aimless walk through the woods next to a crime scene? Murdering ladies and staging them as reinterpretations of fairy tales, some with obscurities?

The thing that struck me though was the policewoman consistently messing up her own career. Every single time a new piece of information would show up, details that only the police and the killer knew- which are usually useful when looking for a MURDERER with a very specific sort of MO, she would run directly to the fairy tales expert she found and tell her. You’d think if you suddenly got promoted, maybe, just maybe, you’d follow some rules of investigation for like a few minutes, or at least ask your fellow investigatory persons their opinions and not just run off repeatedly till you get kicked back to normal patrol. Both fairy tales and police work tend to have rules. Rules apparently made to be broken repeatedly like your squad car isn’t being tracked.

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I haven’t read Hen Wen my favorite Grimm’s tale, “The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage,” where everyone learns about appreciating the skill sets of others through gruesome deaths. We all have our talents.