Awful. Don't waste your time on this turgid book clotted with bad writing. If I could have awarded minus stars then I would have.

Like other readers, I was disappointed in this volume of Russell and Holmes' investigations. The sharp writing and deft characterisation shown in earlier outings seemed to have belonged to some other writer. I hope ther series has not run out of steam.

Rather disappointing. I had read, and enjoyed, the earlier books in the series but I found this one rather muddled. More than that, the characters did not engage my attention and I could hardly bring myself to care who turned out to be the serial killer in the end. The reason for his crimes also eluded me completely

Disappointing. The characters were hard to like or keep one's interest and the plot was formulaic and derivative. Not recommended.

An excellent return after thirteen years to the fey pleasures of Bordertown.

Efficient but becoming far too formulaic to prove one of his better effortd.

A fairly worthy addition to the canon although Sookie's perkiness may be getting a bit out of hand.

I can't understand why some readers found this book heavy going or, even, impossible to get through. I was charmed and enlightened by turns. Perhaps I am more narcissistic than I thought - I too am a child built by books who dived into the calm yet enlivening waters of the mind to escape the unwelcome squalor outside - but I was much moved by the heroic world constructed inside the pages of many (shared) books by a child fearful of the outside of those pages. I loved it.

A rather haphazard collection, despite its title, with some of the short stories very much better than others. Passes a rainy Sunday afternoon but not much more.

How disappointing this was. I thought that the mix of fairy tale and urban fantasy would be a rich one but I found the writing to be pedestrian and the book poorly edited (at least in the edition I read). Not recommended.

As a fan, perhaps I expected too much from this biography. If you happen to know nothing about the bundle of contradictions that is Rufus Wainwright, you might find this a decent introduction to his (so far shortish) life and work. If you know more than the barest outline, however, it really fails in its purpose. Interesting more for background on the Wainwright family (in all its tentacular splendour) and its impact on contemporary music than as being solely devoted to its most flamboyant scion.

This was a disappointing novel for me which could have been much better written. Although the premise was an amusing one, the characters were so lightly sketched as to have very little interest. I began to wish that there was a "Let's Get This Over As Quickly As Possible" fairy which would save me the bother of reading to the end.

Elegantly written by this master stylist of the mystery and crime novel.