Kind of Cruel: A Zailer and Waterhouse Mystery (A Zailer & Waterhouse Mystery)

from Kikoa

I thought it was just me finding 'Kind of Cruel' EXTREMELY hard to follow. I am 2/3 through and it has been a chore. I am 71 so my memory is already challenged. But Wow. I will give my final feelings when I finish. I love a little crazy, but since I have a friend who's mind works like Ambers, thi...

from CelticLibrarian

3.0 out of 5 stars -- There's a huge difference between a memory and a story... This was a very convoluted mystery that centered on solving two murder cases that had gone unsolved for years. This is part of a long series featuring Detectives Simon Waterhouse and Charolotte Zailer, and though it i...

from Tricoteuse

This wasn't the best of Sophie Hannah's books, but even a not-so-great book from her is still better than most offerings out there. It has her trademark darkness and intricate plot, and characters that you love to hate (or hate to love?). The detectives seemed to be a much less significant part o...

from reggieboo

Ultimately I liked the book but didn't love it. I found it hard to follow. It just wasn't a page turner for me! Not particularly crazy about any of the characters. I am usually a very fast reader but actually skipped whole pages that were just too messy in its prose.

from RidgewayGirl

I like Sophie Hannah's series of crime novels set in the fictitious Culver Valley in England. They do follow a pattern, which doesn't inhibit my enjoyment of them. Sometimes a solidly written and plotted escapist novel is no bad thing. That said, in this installment, the puzzling occurrence that ...