Edgar award winning writer Minette Walters has written a slightly boring novel in this one. The themes involved are not boring in the least - murder most foul, incest and intrigue are all here, but somehow don't mesh together as well as they might have. As in many murder mysteries, it turns out that the person most likely to have committed the crime is an all-round good guy, and the bad guy is someone who might as well have been labeled 'person in the background'.I like reading Minette Walters, and this book was no exception. It's just that I felt there was something missing that would have made me give it a very high recommendation. As always, Walters' characterization is excellent. Her characters are never wholly bad or good, and therefore quite real.
