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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780425166420
ISBN number: 0425166422
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 224
Printing Date: December 01, 1998
Publishing house: Berkley
Sale Popularity Level: 48423
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Constable Evan Evans expected idyllic Llanfair to be a calm oasis far away from the violent crime of the big city. That was, until a string of murders erupts in the town, putting every 'charming eccentric' under suspicion...
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When I started reading this book, I was aghast at how similar--nearly identical it is to the Hamish Macbeth series by MC Beaton, which I adore. And that's the problem.
I spent the entire time reading this book comparing it--unfavorably--to the HM series. I saw that the Evan Evans series began in December of 1998, while the Macbeth series began publishing in Feb of 1999, so it's not as though MC Beaton saw this book and feverishly began working on copying it.
MC Beaton's Macbeth series is just more humorous, the characters have more depth to them.
This book was ok. Probably won't continue on in the series.
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I guess although I enjoyed the overall plot of the murder mystery and was intrigued by the clever way that the author put it "by" me, I was not as engaged by the characters. They seemed too "stock" and two dimensional to be enjoyable; however, before giving up on the series altogether, I might read a second book to see if they grow on me.
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Because I liked the very first book in the Murphy series by the same author, I tried this series - didn't even make it through the very first ook - too much swearing.
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This is the very first in a series of murder mysteries written by Rhys Bowen. Constable Evans is a policeman living and working in North Wales. The author knows this part of the world very well, and writes in the style of Agatha Christie. This book served me very well as light reading while travelling. Rhys Bowen has also written another series of murder mysteries with an Irish heroine by name of Molly Murphy. Both of these series are very well worth while.
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Rhys Bowen is a new author for me and I am delighted to have discovered this series of mysteries. I enjoyed Evans Above for many reasons. The mystery is actually a good mystery. All the clues are given and discernible (if you read carefully) so all the action takes place in a very logical progression. The characters are very likeable and read like real people. The location descriptions are clear and recognizable even to those of us who live here in the "flatlands". I liked Evan Evans. He was not a bumbling, stumbling idiot but neither was he a self promoting intellectual who always knew what the clues meant but had to keep the meaning hidden until the last moment so that he got all the credit.
A pleasant, enjoyable read that captured my interest immediately and held me in suspense so that I really wanted to know what was going to happen. I enjoyed it so much I was not even tempted to flip to the end to solve the mystery, I wanted it to unfold just as this talented author wrote it.
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