Alex Pavesi's The Eighth Detective is an homage to the classic detective story, and I enjoyed every bit of it. Each of the seven stories is a winner, and when Julia began dissecting them, forgive me if I was rather pleased with myself that the same things that puzzled me were the inconsistencies that she'd found.
But it's not just the stories that held my interest throughout the book. The characters of Grant and Julia did as well. It didn't take me long before I had a list of questions about them. Why was Grant tucked away on such a remote island? Why was it so important that Julia track him down, and surely it was more than her job as an editor that kept her picking away at each tiny item in the stories that didn't make sense to her. Between the stories and the dynamics between Julia and Grant, my mind was very happily occupied, and I loved the twist at the end.
In the mood for puzzles? The Eighth Detective will serve up plenty of them on a silver platter. Enjoy them if you dare!
But it's not just the stories that held my interest throughout the book. The characters of Grant and Julia did as well. It didn't take me long before I had a list of questions about them. Why was Grant tucked away on such a remote island? Why was it so important that Julia track him down, and surely it was more than her job as an editor that kept her picking away at each tiny item in the stories that didn't make sense to her. Between the stories and the dynamics between Julia and Grant, my mind was very happily occupied, and I loved the twist at the end.
In the mood for puzzles? The Eighth Detective will serve up plenty of them on a silver platter. Enjoy them if you dare!
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