By Robert Thorogood

On the isle of Saint Marie, fish out of water DI Richard Poole finds himself and his team confronted with a locked room mystery. Who murdered guru Aslan Kennedy? How did they smuggle the weapon in? And is everyone at the retreat center who they claim they are? Expect the normal amount of reveals, red herrings, and misdirects until the killer(s) are revealed…

Set in the first couple of seasons of the long running TV series all of the classic characters and situations are there (including Harry). As is the tendency to show the white board in some detail and to be a bit repetitive in its reviewing of facts. Some of the characters are either not well fleshed out or are in their earliest iterations.

I enjoy the TV show as laundry folder that my wife and I both like enough to have on in the background. This book is the same….

358 pages

2.5/5