Review In the latest in the long-running Lambert and Hook series, which began way back in 1989, a literary festival is the scene of the crime. Crimes, actually, threats against the members of the planning committee, followed by murders. A suspect emerges early on, even before the murder, but, as DCI Lambert and DS Hook know all too well, what seems to be obvious and true often is not. Unlike Isaac Asimov's Murder at the ABA (1976), which was set at an American booksellers' convention, this novel uses the literary festival merely as a way to get the story going. This isn't a criticism, just a heads-up to fans of literary themed mysteries that this isn't really one of those. But it is a good old-fashioned mystery, with plenty of suspense, twists and turns, and abundantly real characters. A worthy entry in an always interesting series. --Booklist, November 1, 2011 About the Author
