Assessment:
Raymond's offbeat mystery, set in 1928, about a man's disappearance from a sealed ship cabin and a murderer in San Fransisco during Prohibition is a slow starter -- the plot simply takes too long to develop and hook readers. However, the book features a zany and engaging gallery of characters, an interesting premise, and sustained suspense. In the end, the book's idiosyncratic action works to outweigh the too-long development.
Date Submitted: June 02, 2016
Raymond's offbeat mystery, set in 1928, about a man's disappearance from a sealed ship cabin and a murderer in San Fransisco during Prohibition is a slow starter -- the plot simply takes too long to develop and hook readers. However, the book features a zany and engaging gallery of characters, an interesting premise, and sustained suspense. In the end, the book's idiosyncratic action works to outweigh the too-long development.
