I’m about halfway through the book and I’m enjoying it thoroughly. Brookmyre is very caustic, and two of the major characters show it. I can’t say anything better than the blurbs on the book. It’s bitingly smart, incisive, funny, etc etc. Everything a good book should be.

II haven’t read a mystery in ages, and picked this up at the library. And I love it. Montalbano is a great character: very sharp, brash, and a lover of good food. I liked it so much I bought another book in the Montalbano series: The Terra-Cotta Dog.

Another good Montalbano book that had me, by turns, nodding, and laughing aloud in the café where I was reading this.

Another great Montalbano book. What can I say? Montalbano is now one of my favorite fictional characters.

Nice collection. I’ve read a few of them, and enjoyed them. (As usual for me, I’ve passed on the poetry, for the most part.)

An OK read. Aside from the setting of Venice, and little observations on Italian culture, the book is a rather pedestrian procedural. One does not get to know Brunetti very well, at all. His character seems to be a vehicle for the plot. The same could be said, to some extent, about the other characters. Overall, the book lacks color. I much prefer Camilleri’s Montalbano books. I’m not sure I would read another of Leon’s books. At least, not a mystery.

Good fun, as usual.