I adored the first book in this series, but unfortunately, this one did not live up to my expectations. Makes me question if I should keep going with the series…
Initially,
I thought I was going to love the premise since the story is about the
disappearance of an author, but honestly as the plot progressed, I just felt
like we kept going around in circles and I lost interest.
As well as
losing interest, I just couldn’t relate to any of the characters. The initial
book had a lot more background on Strike and Robin, and I really loved that
dynamic. However, in this novel, there was very little character development for
both Strike, Robin and their relationship. Which at this point was my main
interest in this novel. Just when I thought the story was going to go forward,
we were left at a standstill.
I will
most likely keep going with this series as I’ve heard the next ones are good,
but I’m not entirely convinced just yet…
But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realizes. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were to be published, it would ruin lives—meaning that there are a lot of people who might want him silenced.
When Quine is found brutally murdered under bizarre circumstances, it becomes a race against time to understand the motivation of a ruthless killer, a killer unlike any Strike has encountered before...
When novelist Owen Quine goes missing,
his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, Mrs. Quine just
thinks her husband has gone off by himself for a few days—as he has done
before—and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home.
But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realizes. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were to be published, it would ruin lives—meaning that there are a lot of people who might want him silenced.
When Quine is found brutally murdered under bizarre circumstances, it becomes a race against time to understand the motivation of a ruthless killer, a killer unlike any Strike has encountered before...
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