I don’t know what to say. I have only been in this situation with Elizabeth George and I ended up just giving up on her series. I don’t know if I will finish this series. I don’t see the point. I am honestly so aggravated. Probably because the mystery/flow in this one was so good. And I loved the characters of Jimmy and Fran. Jimmy taking Fran to visit his mother and father and to have a celebration of their upcoming wedding was an interesting backdrop. And then the book went totally to [swear word] with like 10 percent to go. I almost didn’t finish at that point. And don’t get me started on the farcical ending. Too bad this book came out before How I Met Your Mother, because Cleeves in essence pulled a Ted Mobsy and I am just trying very hard to not punch a wall.
The good things were that we got to see more of where Jimmy came from. His parents, the island. And the bird watching portions of the book seem very well done. You have Jimmy feeling like this case is getting away from him (and it is). I think having him on the island with no help outside of Fran was a shame. Cleeves missed a great opportunity to have the character of Jane become Jimmy’s Watson in this one. It would have been better than what she did instead with that character.
Yep, going to be mad for a while. Turning to romance reads for a bit.
