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Title: Jack, Knave and Fool by Bruce Alexander ISBN: 0-425-17120-5 Publisher: Prime Crime Pub. Date: October, 1999 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: As Good as the Others
Comment: Readers looking here for a land-locked Patrick O'Brian series will be disappointed, for this series of historical mysteries is not nearly as strong or well-researched as the Aubrey/Maturin books. Having said that, the series gets incrementally better with each installment. The first of Alexander's books, "Blind Justice", was laughably simplistic. Everyone actually gathered in the drawing room in the final scene, a la Agatha Christie, to unmask the villain.
This is the fifth book in the series, and Alexander capably keeps two separate investigations humming along. A few minor characters are developed, and Jeremy is becoming a young man.
It's a good story, I'll read the next one. It's as good as the others, but no matter how long this series runs, I don't think it will ever become worthy of buying in hardcover. It's a pop mystery, enjoy it or not. There's always another one to read.
Rating: 2
Summary: Jack, Knave and Fool
Comment: I have read several books in this series but found this installment disappointing.
Alexander seems unable to break out of the "someone's been murdered and the characters must find the culprit" plot mode -- even within the mystery genre, surely it's possible to be more creative than that. Jack, Knave and Fool is talky and forgettable, with much of the action and drama happening offstage. The characters change little and never seem personally challenged. Jeremy's "voice" has developed somewhat, but that's not enough to save this honestly rather boring book. Strange pseudo-archaisms on the order of "Nicely dressed she was" add an annoying touch.
Rating: 3
Summary: Sir John Fielding, Detective
Comment: There is an inherent danger in taking a historical figure and using that person in a fictional setting. Sir John Fielding was founder of the Bow Street Runners, the precursors to modern policemen and Bruce Alexander makes a valiant effort to turn him into the hero of this mystery. The details to the criminal investigation with the limitations of the forensics ring true and the characters are engaging. The mysteries themselves are very basic and some characters seem to be added just for effect, but all in all not a bad addition to the historical mystery field.
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Title: The Color of Death by Bruce Alexander ISBN: 0425182037 Publisher: Prime Crime Pub. Date: 10 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Smuggler's Moon by Bruce Alexander ISBN: 0425186903 Publisher: Prime Crime Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Murder in Grub Street by Bruce Alexander ISBN: 0425155501 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: November, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Blind Justice by Bruce Alexander ISBN: 0425150070 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: December, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: An Experiment in Treason by Bruce Alexander ISBN: 0425192814 Publisher: Prime Crime Pub. Date: 07 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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