5. The Art of Detection by Laurie R. King

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5. The Art of Detection by Laurie R. King

This is book 5 in the Kate Martinelli series. It had the same problem as the last one in that when it started it felt like I had skipped a book. Apparently (and I read this four weeks ago, so I might not have all this correct) something like 8 years has gone by, and now Kate and Lee have a three year old daughter, Nora. So it seemed a bit too much of a gap really, because at the end of book four they were talking about trying to have a kid. So like I say, seems there’s a book missing.

That being said, this is one of the most solid mysteries I’ve read in a while. You can really tell that the author has a genuine love for the mystery genre. Plus, as an added geek bonus, within the story is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche which, not only appealed greatly to my “I Heart Metafiction” t-shirt that my brain wears, was also great fun to read.

The ending (not the solving of the mystery, just the end of the book), don’t worry, I won’t spoil it if you haven’t read it, seemed really rushed and honestly, it felt like it came out of nowhere. So while I didn’t enjoy the character path of this one, it was by far the best and most enjoyable mystery.

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