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What I love most about Sophie Hannah is that she takes an outrageous premise and lures you in with it as you NEED to know how it pans out. MY THOUGHTS: Lucy Dean describes her ex-husband William Gleave as 'like a computer that's only had a quarter of its software installed. I do love a locked room mystery and Sophie Hannah books so I was looking forward to getting stuck into this one. Be not afraid, though, the ingenious (and slightly odd) Detective Constable Simon Waterhouse will catch his killer! If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page.
I really wanted to love this one as I usually enjoy Sophie Hannah’s work, but this one is not as good as others I’ve read by her. And yet, we soon find out there are a LOT of people at that resort who disliked – perhaps even hated – Jayne, making it much harder for Simon (and Charlie) to work out what on earth really happened.
There are a lot of characters, which was hard to keep up with, and I couldn't even hazard a guess as to what was actually happening.
At dinner that night, five other couples are present, and none of their tables is any nearer or further away than any of the others. I loved the switch between characters and, although I felt this book moved at a slower pace than others in the series, I honestly didn’t want it to end and enjoyed every page.To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. The twisty thought processes of Sophie Hannah strike again in this brain bending mystery featuring Simon and Charlie, a holiday and an Impossible murder. And we know we all didn't do it, the rest of us, because we were together and could see each other the whole time.
Witnesses who lie and behave out of character, added to an implausible plot, huge numbers of characters and the sheer wordiness and length of this drawn out story, made this hard work. Someone is murdered while on holiday and receives a warning letter prior to the murder telling her to “Beware of the couple at the table nearest to yours”. Actually, The Couple at the Table comes across feeling somewhat like something that Agatha Christie could well have dreamed up.However, as is often the case with fictional detectives, trouble seems to follow them, so it isn’t long after their arrival that one of the guests, Jane Brinkwood – daughter of the aristocratic owner – is found dead, stabbed in the back. Unaware which of the couples is out to harm them, one of them is then murdered and the police fail to solve the case. If you are an author wanting us to review your book, please read our review policy (link under header) first. The second half the book seems to move up a gear as the police officers with their accompanying interview segments help draw the book to a conclusion.
When a death follows the note's arrival it seems that its contents were truthful and the race in discovering who the sender is and who they were referring to is on.
As I said it is a complex murder mystery, and at times it became a little too convoluted and confusing.
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