Cambridge blue
No, this is not a signal for post-partum depression, even though I really enjoyed my time there!, but the title of a book I got almost for free while in Cambridge Waterstone’s, at the desk as I was paying for The Alloy of Law (also on reduced price, thankfully!) and a Trollope I had not read… Cambridge Blue is a detective story written by Alison Bruce and entirely taking place within Cambridge, which makes for an additional attraction if you are familiar with the place. Overall, this is a pleasant thriller (if I may attach such opposite terms!) with a good if unlikely central character, as well as a whole range of plausible culprits. Maybe the strongest point remains that it takes place in Cambridge after all. (This is the first novel of Alison Bruce. I hope it does not end into a stale series as another Cambridgian series did, namely the initially superb Susana Gregory’s Matthew Bartholomew that have gradually become so disappointing…)
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August 15, 2012 at 12:06 am
Thanks for the review. Best wishes, Alison