Thursday, October 7, 2010

The Marx Sisters by Barry Maitland

Jerusalem Lane is a little piece of Dickensian London untouched by development, its inhabitants mainly refugees from pre-war central Europe. But could elderly Meredith Winterbottom really have been killed for the politics of another age?

As DS Kolla and DCI Brock delve into the lane's eccentric melting pot, past and present interlink in unexpected ways. What connects Mr Rosenfeldt and Adam Kowalski to a smooth property developer and an American academic? And what is Meredith's son Terry up to? Not to mention the dotty Marx sisters.


Complex, interesting characters within a sinister, well-paced plot.

What a really wonderful story. It drew me in and didn't let go until the somewhat surprising end. 



I would grab any more of this series that came my way.

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