Cyndi J. (cyndij) reviewed on 8/4/2018 + 1032 more book reviews

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First in the Sigrid Harald series and I think this was Maron's first book. Harald is a detective with NYPD back in the day when women detectives were not so common - I'm guessing time frame is 1982 when the book was published. A professor in the university art department is poisoned, and the suspects are plentiful. Harald is the most interesting character and really, the most interesting thing in the book. The pace is pretty slow, with a lot about the politics of the art department that I felt dragged on. POV shifts several times without giving away the murderer and Maron provides some good misdirection. I probably read this first about 25 years ago and while I remember the characters I did not remember the plot.

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