{"id":2832,"date":"2023-10-26T09:17:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T09:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2832"},"modified":"2023-10-17T06:49:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T06:49:01","slug":"a-shot-in-the-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2832","title":{"rendered":"A Shot in the\u00a0Dark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Shot in the Dark by Lynne Truss is the first in the Constable Twitten Mystery series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Plot<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Brighton, 1957. Inspector Steine rather enjoys his life as a policeman by the sea. No criminals, no crime, no stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So it\u2019s really rather annoying when an ambitious \u2013 not to mention irritating \u2013 new constable shows up to work and starts investigating a series of burglaries. And it\u2019s even more annoying when, after Constable Twitten is despatched to the theatre for the night, he sits next to a vicious theatre critic who is promptly shot dead part way through the opening night of a new play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It seems Brighton may be in need of a police force after all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Review<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There was so much wrong with this book, I had to force myself to read it to the end. Friends suggested I just read the last chapter, but I dismissed them. I wanted to see how all the loose ends tied up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And you know what? The loose ends were tied up by someone telling a character what the loose ends were and how they tied up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the final solution was not down to clever detection but relied on someone spilling the beans.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not a good way to end a murder mystery story. As a reader I felt cheated. I like reading a book and trying to work out who did it before our \u201cinvestigator\u201d does. And while I did work out the secret surrounding the crime boss a lot earlier on that anyone in the story, having to have the gaps in the story explained, without there being any clues to them within the story, was a no-no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All in all, a very unsatisfying read. I do not recommend this book and will not be rushing to buy the next books in the series.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

However, if you want to see what it is like for yourself, and check I\u2019m not exaggerating, the book is available from Amazon<\/a> and City Adventurers Solve The Murder<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A shot in the dark \u2013 photo by Juliamaud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The City Adventurers love reading about mystery, so we\u2019ve started our own book club.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Join the Solve The Murder Book Club<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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