Hurting distance (urspr publ 2007; utgåvan 2007)

The Truth Teller"s Lie ( )

it's really a 4.5. Loved it ( )

I only got to chapter 3, as I really dislike the mixed 1st person /2nd person bizarre narrator of the non police chapters. Did not finish. ( )

I only got to chapter 3, as I really dislike the mixed 1st person /2nd person bizarre narrator of the non police chapters. Did not finish. ( )

The second of ten in the Waterhouse-Zailer mystery series finds Detective Sergeant Charlie still smarting from her rejection by Detective Constable Simon, her still-a-cypher-about-women co worker. The primary PoV is that of rape victim Naomi Jenkins, a sundial maker (!) whose lover disappears unexpectedly. I saw the critical connections in a brief flash of prose but the entire winding plot, filled with coincidences that seemed remarkable rather than created, is excellent. The characters, especially the rude and despised Superintendent Proust, fill the novel with humor and with the travails of everyday life for those who encounter some of the most venal and the stupidest people in Brit crime fiction. ( )