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A review by toellandback
Dancing with the Virgins by Stephen Booth
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Book two in the Cooper and Fry series sees the mis-matched detectives part of a team investigating the discovery of a body found stages among some stone circles known locally as the Nine Virgins and, much like the first book, the storyline runs alongside the various local characters and their own situations and there are a few that are suspected to have had a hand in the death at the circles.
There are lots of characters and names to get used to in this and loads of little underlying stories and sub-plots which may, or may not, be related to each other or the body as the authors eases out snippets of information as the book goes on.
It's mid-paced, character driven and cleverly crafted and plotted with a couple of scenes in particular which are hard and uncomfortable to read and all told, a decent, enjoyable whodunnit
There are lots of characters and names to get used to in this and loads of little underlying stories and sub-plots which may, or may not, be related to each other or the body as the authors eases out snippets of information as the book goes on.
It's mid-paced, character driven and cleverly crafted and plotted with a couple of scenes in particular which are hard and uncomfortable to read and all told, a decent, enjoyable whodunnit