British crime fiction – Ink and Inference

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A Murder of Crows – Not your Average Thriller Novel but A Rare Treat for Fiction Lovers

A Murder of Crows is a promising, feel-good page-turner. The author’s writing is so good that you don’t notice how time passes by or pause to see how many more pages are left. Starting from the smart word play in the title to the ability to beautifully blend in details of ecology with a murder mystery, the storytelling is almost perfect. The narration also smoothly alternates between light moments and the more serious ones, as we experience spontaneous, witty humour, romance that feels deep, and the curiousity to learn what happens next. Sarah Yarwood-Lovett delivers the complete package, not just another thriller story.

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A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – The Sherlock Holmes Debut Novel

This is the first novel in a series of four stand-alone Sherlock Holmes novels. This book is narrated from the perspective of Dr Watson, a surgeon who worked in war zones but returns to London and becomes the roommate of the smartest man he has ever met, the “consulting detective” Sherlock Holmes. In a case considered highly complicated, Watson watches Holmes solving the case with so much ease. How could Holmes investigate and solve cases so effortlessly?