This work is a bit hard to review. When I started it, I thought, "Wow! This is going to be hysterical!" That tone, however, only lasted for a few chapters. The mystery itself is a good one, although the solution becomes evident to the reader long before it does to the characters. The description of settings is beautifully done, and the characters are realistic and engaging.
It's the tone of this book that keeps it from being a hit. Vascillating from humorous to suspenseful to melancholy to hard-boiled, it wears the reader out. It's a shame that Solloway could not keep up the cheerful banter and the Malter Mittyish narration of the first few chapters. This would have been a much better novel if he had.
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