Salema Nazzal

From LTER November 2015 batch.

A fuller review can be found here:

https://nordie.wordpress.com/2016/04/15/bookreview-the-folly-under-the-lake-by-s...

I'm sorry, but I was never able to get more than a page or two into this book. I'll try again sometime as most things, especially books, deserve a second chance. Just nothing grab me and I read constantly but this one just didn't work. At least not yet. I have a very large mystery home library, and love variety but . . . We'll see at a later date.

This was pretty dreadful - but I rather enjoyed it!
The dialogue was clunky with many anachronistic (it's set in the 1930s) terms. The plotting was poor. The setting was over-described and more than unrealistic - the outdoor features were probably impossible. The characters were two-dimensional. There was too much 'telling' and not enough 'showing'. However, as I said, it was quite a fun read, and, as there are now more in the series, others must agree with me!

A fun house party whodunnit. Set in the country house where everyone has an agenda. Easy to follow but great woven tale.