Murder On the Eiffel Tower by Claude Izner 2 stars (BWF)

[Rachel N.]

It's 1889 and the Eiffel Tower has just opened along with the World Exposition. The book starts with a rag and bone man dying after an apparent bee sting. Then the same thing happens to a woman touring the Eiffel Tower. Victor Legris is supposed to be the main character, he's a book seller present when the women dies, but really the book jumps around between perspectives a lot. During conversations perspectives switched in the middle and it was just annoying and confusing. The authors obviously did a lot of research into the exposition and parts of that were interesting. I just didn't like any of the characters, and there were a lot of them, and really didn't care who the murderer was. I definitely won't be continuing the series.

[Robin P]

I liked the main character but at the end the mystery (view spoiler)[ is revealed in a long letter, a clumsy way to do it (hide spoiler)].

[Rachel N.]

I agree with you about the ending Robin but didn't want to put that in my review.