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gmw · 06-28-2021, 08:38 AM

So a quieter than expected work day let me finish this up quickly...

The Deadly Touch of the Tigress by Ian Hamilton. (aka: The Water Rat of Wanchai). The first of the Ava Lee thrillers. It wasn't until page 180 that I finally got properly interested. Up to there it was mostly travelogue*. The main character is not without interest, aside from the obvious we also learn she is not a particularly nice** person. After page 180 things stop going all her way and the story finally gets an edge to it, which made the last 100 pages a fun ride. All up I'm letting this scrape a 3/5.

* I'm not averse to a good travelogue, especially when - as in this case - the author is writing from personal experience, but it's not something you expected from a thriller.

** (spoiler-ish)

Spoiler:

06-28-2021, 08:38 AM	#30117
gmw cacoethes scribendi Posts: 5,818 Karma: 137770742 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura One & H2Ov2, Sony PRS-650	So a quieter than expected work day let me finish this up quickly... *The Deadly Touch of the Tigress* by Ian Hamilton. (aka: The Water Rat of Wanchai). The first of the Ava Lee thrillers. It wasn't until page 180 that I finally got properly interested. Up to there it was mostly travelogue. The main character is not without interest, aside from the obvious we also learn she is not a particularly nice* person. After page 180 things stop going all her way and the story finally gets an edge to it, which made the last 100 pages a fun ride. All up I'm letting this scrape a 3/5. * I'm not averse to a good travelogue, especially when - as in this case - the author is writing from personal experience, but it's not something you expected from a thriller. (spoiler-ish) Spoiler**: Calling herself a forensic accountant she eventually turns out to be a debt collector with a willingness for violence that I normally associate with the less savoury of that profession. Sort of a stylish - and more articulate - Dirty Harry character.