2008-06-23 Disappointing.

I read this all the way through, without quite realising why.

Part of me was eager to find the next horrendous piece of editing. The book is full of typos, moreso than any other book I have read. Or maybe they just leapt out from the pages of turgid prose and musing.

Part of me wanted to read the author's idea of a modern police service, a vision which a long way wide of the mark. Detectives with guns? Please. The big boss going on action-packed jaunts? Whatever.

Part of me wanted to laugh at the author's next racist assumption, which sadly litter the book, and make me wonder how much research he did when writing.

The most frustrating part of the whole experience was the fact that the basic plot is a good one. A mysterious village in the countryside. An intelligent, fresh plan from the baddies, and there were some characters who were good at first glance. The characters are never really allowed to develop beyond that initial glance, and the whole thing is messed up by the writing style. One to avoid.