Bestselling crime fiction author Elizabeth George is one of my favorites. As usual with her books, A Place of Hiding is well plotted by George, with a crime mystery that is interesting.
The story is about China River, an old friend
It is a curious mystery, with many possible murderers. And, for all the victim’s wealth, no one seems to benefit from his death. But beneath the surface, there is much to investigate – many had hoped to gain from the death even if they did not, and there is anger, betrayal and revenge as possible motives as well.
A Place of Hiding is a novel more or less without Barbara Havers and Tommy Lynley . Instead the main characters are the smart forensic scientist Simon St. James and his photographer wife, Deborah.
However, even though A Place of Hiding is well plotted and, of course, well written, I have to admit that I didn’t like it all that much. To some extent I felt that Elizabeth George’s excellent writing this time was given too much room in the book. There was too much small talk, too many uninteresting and more or less unnecessary characters, too many small and largely uninteresting side-stories told, while the progress of the main story was far too slow. The book is over 500 pages – if it had been cut down to 250 if would have been enough. So, if you’re a big fan of George, you may want to read it, but otherwise I cannot find it in me to recommend this book.
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