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Originally Posted by Fbone
After a few duds I will start The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vargas. The book was originally published in 1996 but only translated into English a couple of years ago. The author (a historian and archeologist) is a 2-time Dagger Award winner. She has written several other books but this is my first with her.
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And my last. This cozy mystery had interesting characters but a lot of introspection. Too many unnecessary and confusing inner musings. Not much action and no real red herrings. I guessed who did it. The word skill was just average. It could be the fault of the Scottish translator though.
Also, the book's pattern was to separate a character's actions from their quotes and I found it hard to determine who was speaking. Example:
He glanced at the waiting taxi.
'Please don't leave.'
'I'll return in three days.'
Again it might be a French/Scottish thing. Overall D+ [2 stars]