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Feb 23, 2015
Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂
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3.5★
I'll start by saying I prefer reading uncensored. If a few offensive words or expressions are edited out, who knows what else could be changed?
But Brand's first anti-Semitic comment (yes, there was more than one) was tossed out so casually. For me this made it all the more shocking. This may explain why Brand's adult books are now so hard to find.
Before the book begins we are given a character list, which finishes with;
I'll start by saying I prefer reading uncensored. If a few offensive words or expressions are edited out, who knows what else could be changed?
But Brand's first anti-Semitic comment (yes, there was more than one) was tossed out so casually. For me this made it all the more shocking. This may explain why Brand's adult books are now so hard to find.
Before the book begins we are given a character list, which finishes with;
Among these very ordinary people were found two victims and a murderer...more
If you like a classic puzzle mystery as I do, you'll enjoy this one. This is the second Brand mystery I've read, the first being Green for Danger, which is considered her best, but I enjoyed this one equally. (I do have to take off one star for the anti-Semitic comments, though probably typical of the period.) Inspector Cockrill returns to solve the mystery of who killed and decapitated two (and possibly three) women when the closed group of suspects are all seemingly accounted for. I enjoy the
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