2006-10-01 Reader from Oxford

Having really enjoyed her first book, I was a bit disappointed in Cutting Blades. The trouble is the rather ineffectual plot, and the illusion that Sam is running a Detective Agency. I do not believe that her agency could survive for a week. The character development is fine, but why try and pretend that Sam is any good as a detective?

As I am familiar with Oxford I can follow the local geography, but without that I think I would find it irritating trying to follow the street names and progress around the city.

I will read the next book, but maybe with less excited anticipation than I started Cutting Blades. I do worry about her cat.